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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. How does Sophie react when she sees Robin at school?

2. What soap opera is Sophie's mom watching when Robin visits after school?

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

4. Where do Sophie and Robin celebrate their five-week anniversary?

5. Who flings himself down on his knees, begging Sophie that the news about her and Robin is untrue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Robin say that he never asks Sophie to do anything physical, beyond just kissing?

4. How does Robin react to the first model who takes her clothes off in his art class?

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

6. Why are Rachel and Grace so against Sophie dating Robin?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationship between Robin and Sophie is impacted by the way that other people react to it. Though Robin and Sophie try to ignore the negativity, it weighs heavily on their happiness. This is not the only example of how the opinions of others influence the actions and attitude of other people. Give three examples of other characters who act a certain way because they feel like they should, based on other people's opinions. Explain your answers.

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

Sophie and Robin take out their aggression towards their classmates by playing recreational games outside of the school setting. Give three examples of these games. How is each game a symbol for the feelings that Sophie and Robin are having towards each other at that moment? How does it symbolize their feelings towards the rest of the world?

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