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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. Where does Sophie suggest that she and Robin go after they have made up from their fight?

2. In addition to the T-shirts, what else do Robin and Sophie wear to show that they support each other?

3. What do the students start eating when they get back to Tessa's apartment?

4. What phrase does Sophie write on her T-shirt in permanent marker?

5. Why do Robin's parents arrive home early from their daycare center?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sophie feel uncomfortable when Robin finally puts his hands up her shirt?

2. Why does Robin steal his dad's Boston Red Sox baseball cap and put it in a Ziploc bag?

3. How does Mr. Schultz react when he sees the homemade T-shirts that Robin and Sophie have made?

4. In what way do Robin and Sophie finally communicate their feelings towards each other after Robin has tried unsuccessfully to ignore Sophie?

5. How do the other college students react when they find out that Robin is in high school?

6. In addition to Sophie not being there, why is Robin upset when he arrives at the art museum on Valentine's Day?

7. Is Robin happy that Sophie and Rachel are friends again?

8. How does Robin react the second time the attractive model Chelsea poses nude in his college art class?

9. What is the first thing the group of college students does in honor of Tessa's birthday?

10. Why does Robin throw up on the ride home from the dorm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sophie's relationship with her friends Rachel and Grace is strained during the book. How does the opinion of her friends effect Sophie's feelings towards Robin? What signs are there in the text that Sophie is more bothered by being shunned by her friends than she lets on? How does the relationship between Sophie and Robin change when Sophie and Rachel reconcile?

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

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?

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