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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 rumor is circulating around school?

2. What does Torey realize about the boons?

3. Why does Ali sleep with guys and what's ironic about it?

4. What is Bo going to hide out in the woods?

5. Where does Torey tell Ali he has been?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who calls Torey from school and what do they talk about?

2. 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?

3. What do Torey and Ali tell Mrs. Creed about Christopher?

4. What does Torey first see on his second trip into the burial grounds and what does he decide?

5. What does Mrs. Adams tell Torey about his vision at the rocks?

6. What upsets Mr. Adams about Torey and what does he tell Torey as he takes him home from school?

7. What happens when Torey and Ali get on the school bus the morning after being at the police station?

8. What happened during the confrontation between Alex and Torey?

9. What do Torey and Ali do when the police come for Bo?

10. What do Torey, Ali and Bo decide to do about Isabella once they found her name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Torey and Ali are upset by the treatment they feel Bo is receiving, and they insist that Mrs. Adams do something to help him. Their attitude changes Mrs. Adams' attitude, and she begins seeing reality instead of preconceived perceptions in regards to Bo and his status as a boon, touching again on one of the major themes of the novel.

1. To what theme do you think this sentence refers? Use examples from other parts of the book where you've seen this theme.

2. Discuss what a theme in a novel is and how themes are shown throughout a book. Include in your discussion other themes you have noticed in this novel.

3. Why do you think Mrs. Adams has seen Bo in a different light following the visit to the police station in Chapter 10? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Torey is a sensitive person who can easily put himself into the shoes of any person around him.

1. Why do you think, using examples from the book, that this statement is true?

2. Do you think it's unnatural for a boy to be so sensitive? Why or why not?

3. Pretend you have met someone who comes from a different culture. Discuss the thoughts that might be involved in order to put yourself in that person's shoes.

Essay Topic 3

Torey has gained a greater knowledge of the reality behind the perception in this chapter, both through Chris and his mother's strict, unpleasant behaviors and through Bo's kind nature that has been hidden behind his poor background.

1. Do you think everyone has false perceptions about people they know? Explain your answer using examples.

2. Explain the cliche "you can't tell a book by its cover" in reference to the statement above.

3. Do you think that Chris's mother and her type of child raising is abusive? Why or why not?

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