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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. Who does Robin say that Sophie looks like as she is playing the arcade game?

2. What song is Robin's parents listening to when he gets home from school?

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

4. What decision does Sophie make after the emotional conversation with her friends?

5. Who is the student at Robin's school who keeps stealing his yellow hat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it significant that Robin can identify the lyrics to the Doors song that Tessa quotes on the first day of class?

2. How do Robin and Sophie begin dating?

3. Explain why Robin sneaks past his parents when he gets home from school in order to avoid them.

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

5. Why does Sophie find so much pleasure in playing the "Wack-A-Mole" game at the arcade?

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

7. Why does Robin say "I love having an artist for a girlfriend?"

8. How does Robin feel when the hot college student calls him "babe?"

9. Why is Robin nervous before his first college art class?

10. 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?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The parents of both Robin and Sophie make an appearance in the book and play roles in the relationship between the teenagers. Robin's parents are supportive of the relationship, while Sophie's mom is not. Do the attitudes of either set of parents impact the relationship between Robin and Sophie? Give examples of how Robin's parents support him and Sophie. Give examples of how Sophie's mom tries to keep the couple from being together.

Essay Topic 2

Robin draws live nude models for the first time in his college art class. Describe his initial reaction to the nude model assignments. How does Robin mature as he continues forward, drawing the nude models? Do you think that Robin's initial reaction is typical of fourteen year old young men? Should he have been allowed to take the class, considering the subject matter? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Robin feels like he is living two separate lives -- one in high school and one in college. Compare and contrast the way that Robin is treated at both places. Why does Robin tell Sophie that he feels "at home" when he is at the college class? What do the differences say about high school and college life?

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