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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 does Robin compare his relationship to Sophie to?

2. What recreational activity do Robin and Sophie do to take out their aggression on their classmates?

3. What is the name of the model in Robin's first college art class?

4. What "lullaby" did Robin's mother to sing to him when he was a baby?

5. What meal do Robin's parents make to try to cheer him up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Robin and Sophie do when they hear his parents coming home early from work?

3. Describe Sophie Stein's reputation at her high school when the book begins.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Sophie say to Rachel and Grace when they corner her in the bathroom and tell her to break up with Robin?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters like Zak and Dylan antagonize Robin and Sophie the most for their relationship and could be considered "bullies." Give three examples of how these boys taunt Sophie and Robin. How does the attitude of the other students change towards Zak and Dylan as the book progresses? Why does no one laugh at Zak when he makes a comment about Mr. Schultz's shirt in art class? Are Zak and Dylan jealous, threatened or just mean? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Robin experiences what he believes to be his "first love" in Sophie. He is infatuated with her beauty and also drawn to her love for art and determination. Do you think that Robin is truly in love with Sophie? Or does he simply think he is in love because Sophie is the first girl he has ever dated? Explain why you believe Robin is truly in love, or not.

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