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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 Torey decide at the end of this chapter?
2. Where was Chris's girlfriend?
3. Why is Torey regretting his behavior from a year earlier?
4. Who calls Torey while he is in the basement?
5. What about being raised in the boondocks is relevant to what Mrs. Creed is saying?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain what happened when Torey met with Isabella.
2. Where do Torey and Ali find Mrs. Adams when they return to his house and what does she say?
3. Who calls Torey from school and what do they talk about?
4. How do Bo and Ali act the next day at school and how do the kids at school respond? How does Torey feel about their response?
5. What does Mrs. Adams say about Bo and why? What does Ali tell her about her fears?
6. What do Torey and Ali do when the police come for Bo?
7. What does Torey see after he broke his leg?
8. What does Ali tell Torey about some of the kids at school and how did she find out?
9. Where is Torey after he is rescued from the burial grounds and what is he refusing to do? How are the doctors responding to his refusal?
10. What does Ali tell Torey about more of Chris's diary she had read?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 13, Ali and Torey's conversation reveals not only more depth to each of their characters, including Ali's motivations for ruining her own reputation and Torey's unhappiness in his perfect life, but it also provides more depth to the repercussions of Mrs. McDermott's own destructive behavior.
1. What do you think this statement means? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. What do you think are the repercussions of Mrs. McDermott's behavior? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Why do you think the conversation between Ali and Torey revealed more of their characters? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Mrs. Creed's choice of suspects, Bo Richardson, is simply a grasping at straws due to the fact that Bo injured her son the year before. The only thing wrong with this is that Bo is not the only person to have seriously hurt Chris, a fact even Torey cannot escape. The fact is that Bo is the only boon to have seriously injured Chris. This touches on another theme of the novel, categorizing people or class distinction.
1. Do you think poor people are more apt to be accused of a crime than wealthy people? Why or why not?
2. Why do you think Mrs. Creed wants to suspect Bo Richardson of killing her son?
3. Do you think poor people are more likely to commit crimes than wealthy people? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discovering that Bo managed to get Chris's diary is a plus in this investigation and foreshadows the chapters beyond.
1. Explain why you think Chris's diary might be important in the investigation into his disappearance.
2. Do you think it was wrong for Bo to get into the Creed's house and take Chris's diary? Explain in depth your answer.
3. Do you think it is wise or unwise of Torey, Ali and Bo to do their own investigating without letting the police know? Explain your answer.
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