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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first assignment that Robin has in the college art class?

2. Where do Robin and Sophie eat their lunches on the day that the mean things about Sophie are written?

3. What is Tessa's real name?

4. What does Robin's college art instructor tell him to do in order to get his drawing to look right?

5. Who is the third model that Robin draws in his college art class?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sophie say that she likes being an "outlaw?"

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

3. Why does Robin believe that neither Rachel or Grace are behind the awful things that are written about Sophie in the girls' bathroom?

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

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

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

7. What does Robin draw when Mr. Schultz asks the class to draw what mood they are in?

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

9. Why is Robin so grateful that Felix has not told anyone in the college art class that he is in high school?

10. How does Robin feel when he hears someone at his high school use the term "Don't be such a Stein?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The painting of two lovers by Renoir that hangs in the art museum is a favorite of both Robin and Sophie. They meet at the painting over Christmas break and it is the place where the book ends. How is the painting representative of the relationship between Robin and Sophie? Discuss important moments in the text when the painting appears and plays a role. Why was this particular painting chosen by the author?

Essay Topic 2

Pick out a passage from the book and describe how poetry enhances the reading of that passage. What word choices are significant in the theme of the passage? Figure out the meter of the poem and explain how it makes sense for the subject that is being discussed.

Essay Topic 3

Teenage sexuality is explored in the book. Robin's uncensored thoughts are seen by readers in the narrative. The sexual feelings of the other characters are less obvious but brought out in action. Discuss Robin's confusion about his sexual feelings and how that confusion makes him act. How is Tessa different from Sophie in regards to her sexual choices? Why is it significant that Robin does a health class project on STDs?

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