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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sophie say she likes being?
(a) A pretty girl.
(b) A nerd.
(c) Class president.
(d) An outlaw.

2. What item does Robin buy at a thrift shop because it reminds him of a favorite painting?
(a) A yellow hat.
(b) A glass vase.
(c) A ceramic dog figurine.
(d) An old photo of a tree.

3. Who is the narrator of the book?
(a) Robin Muphy.
(b) Mr. Shultz.
(c) Sophie Stein.
(d) Mrs. Murphy.

4. What does Sophie say to Robin after school to reassure him?
(a) She tells him that she loves him.
(b) She tells him that everything will be okay.
(c) She tells him that they should run away together.
(d) She tells him that she will stop hanging out with her friends.

5. After going out to dinner after class with the other college kids once, why do they not invite Robin to go out again?
(a) Because they think he was sort of dorky.
(b) Because they find out he is only in high school.
(c) Because they want to get drunk and know that Robin is too young.
(d) Because they just assume that he will come.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rachel's mother react to Sophie and Robin kissing in the kitchen?

2. What does Robin tell his mother when she picks him up from the college art class on the night he was first invited to go out?

3. What picture does someone draw on the board in the art room that is meant to embarass Robin and Sophie?

4. Who does Sophie introduce to Robin when she sees him back at school?

5. What change to his appearance does Robin decide to try to make Sophie happy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sophie's ex-boyfriend Dylan think that the relationship between Robin and Sophie is a joke?

2. Why do you think that Robin uses humor with Sophie to deflect the tension after he is hit by a snowball?

3. Why does Robin have such a strong reaction when he hears elementary kids using the phrase "Don't be such a Murphy?"

4. Why is Robin uncomfortable when he has to draw a naked male model for his art class?

5. Based on his actions, what do you think the art teacher Mr. Schultz feels about the relationship between Robin and Sophie?

6. Explain why Robin is a "hopeless romantic."

7. What does Robin do when he sees Sophie walking towards the goal post on the day that he hears his classmates use the phrase "Don't be such a Stein?"

8. Why does Robin start to think about Sophie as he is drawing the naked model?

9. What great opportunity does Mr. Schultz present to Robin after class one day?

10. Why does Robin say that he feels like he has "won the lottery?"

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