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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 is the subject of Stella's newest video, which she uploads in Chapter 16?

2. How does Will feel during his date with Stella in Chapter 18?

3. In Chapter 24, how does Stella feel about the new lungs waiting for her?

4. What does Will realize at the end of his date with Stella in Chapter 18?

5. What does Will attempt to do in a moment of forgetfulness during the emergency in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Stella's life saved after she falls in the pond?

2. Why does Will leave the hospital for good? What does he ask Stella to do first?

3. In Chapter 22, why does Will decide to leave the hospital for good?

4. How does Will and Stella's date end in Chapter 19? How do they avoid detection?

5. How has Stella become more fatalistic as the novel progresses? How has Will become more hopeful? How do Chapters 23 and 24 particularly illustrate this change?

6. What is the subject of the video Stella uploads in Chapter 16? What plan does she outline?

7. Where does Stella want to go in Chapter 22? How does Will feel about her plan?

8. What does Stella experience as she is in the icy pond in Chapter 25?

9. What personal information does Will share with Stella during their date in Chapter 18?

10. How has Stella changed in Chapter 31? What are her plans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the changes both Stella and Will experience over the course of the novel. How do they change, and how do they remain the same?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in the novel have all faced obstacles, setbacks, or even failures that influenced their characters and the plot of the novel. Choose three characters and analyze how their challenges affected both the individual character as well as the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

What might Stella be like had she never lost her sister Abby? Argue for an alternative reality based on what the reader knows of Stella’s history, actions, and beliefs.

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