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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. Why is Willow so tired the day after her babysitting experience?

2. How does Willow end the conversation between David and the interrupter?

3. Why is Guy waiting for Willow the morning after her fight with David?

4. Why does Guy act relieved when he sees Willow the morning after her fight with David?

5. Why does Willow choose to go somewhere with Chloe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Willow do after kissing Guy and why?

2. How does Willow end the conversation between David and the person who stopped him on the street?

3. What calms down Willow after her babysitting experience?

4. Where does Willow stop on the way to her childhood home, and why?

5. What happens to Willow after she finds a note from her mother?

6. What happens at the end of the book?

7. How does Willow get some help while she is babysitting?

8. What happens while Willow is babysitting?

9. What shows that Willow is beginning to understand the nature of her cutting?

10. What does Guy say to Willow about the person Andy makes mean comments about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Responsibility and coming of age were two themes that were interwoven in many places of this plot. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to move the plot along?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Julia Hoban have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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