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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 did the boys put the butterflies in, knocking them out, but not killing them, leading to a terrifying event?

2. Anna is going to _______________ for a week and then she is heading to Seattle for six weeks after that.

3. Pale admits that he might have done some __________ earlier in the evening when Anna asks.

4. ______________ chides Anna by asking why she does not just go ahead and marry Burton for the money.

5. Robbie once thought Anna would make a good _________, and she admits to Pale that she likes it.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anna respond when Larry asks her and Burton why they aren't out partying the night away?

2. Why does Pale decide to take off his shoes when in Anna's apartment a month after Robbie's death?

3. When Pale meets Larry, he says that he does not remember seeing Larry at the wake. What does Larry respond?

4. What happens when Larry goes over to the bathroom to check up on Pale to see how he is doing?

5. Why does Anna have to stay in the house of Robbie's family after the wake?

6. Where is the loud noise that distracts Pale coming from when he is in Larry and Anna's apartment?

7. What did Larry give to Pale when Larry stopped by the bar earlier?

8. Why did Anna sign up for a dance class, as she admits to Larry when they are talking?

9. Why does Burton decide to go home after his conversation with Anna and with Larry?

10. What does Anna reveal about Pale's ideas about what happened to Robbie and to Dominic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pale seems to be a person who can not stay on one topic for a very long time as he first talks to Anna.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna continues to talk to Pale, even though he is scattered?

Part 2: Why do you think Pale continues to change the subject while talking with Anna?

Part 3: Do you think that Pale and Anna are a realistic couple? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Larry points out that he was not invited to the wake when Pale makes a comment about Larry being a replacement for Robbie.

Part 1: Do you think anyone should be able to go to a wake? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think that Larry was not invited to the wake of Robbie?

Part 3: Do you think that Pale already knew who Larry was and was just trying to mock him? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Pale doesn't come to get his brother's things for over a month after Robbie's death.

Part 1: Why do you think that Pale waits so long to get his brother's things?

Part 2: Why do you think Anna decides to hold onto the things of Robbie, even though no one came to pick them up at first?

Part 3: Do you think that Pale has the right to pick up Robbie's things? Why or why not?

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