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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 happened to Candace?

2. In addition to typewriters, what other item does Joe collect?

3. Dr. Nicky breaks the patient-therapist boundary when he admits what?

4. Joe notices that when Beck spends a lot of time with Peach, what happens?

5. What does Joe do while alone in Dr. Nicky's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Nicky help Joe?

2. How does Joe end up alone in Dr. Nicky's office? What does Joe do while alone?

3. What conflicting signals does Beck send Joe during their "everythingship"?

4. How does Dr. Nicky suggest getting rid of the mouse? How does Joe understand this idea?

5. What do Beck and Peach learn while in Little Compton? What happens to Peach?

6. What does Joe discover while alone inside Peach's house following his romantic date with Beck? What does he realize after his discovery?

7. Where do Joe and Beck consummate their relationship? What is the outcome?

8. What are the effects of Beck and Joe working together?

9. What happened to Candace? Why?

10. Who is the Captain? Who does Joe initially fear he is? How does the learn the Captain's true identity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Books are very important to the story. Discuss how characters like Joe, Beck, Mr. Mooney, and Peach view books. What point do you think the author is trying to make regarding the importance of books?

Essay Topic 2

Joe finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.

Essay Topic 3

At one point in the novel, Joe notes: “Work in a bookstore and learn that most people in this world feel guilty about being who they are.” Explain how his idea is illustrated by the characters in the novel.

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