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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 Aidan's mother do for a living?

2. How long have Aidan and Clare been going together?

3. How old was Clare when her parents told her they had been married before?

4. Who is sitting at the table where Aidan and Clare usually sit at the pizza place?

5. Who is scraping for coins to pay at the pizza place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clare remember about her friendship with Stella?

2. How are Clare and Aidan spending their last night together before they go to college and why?

3. Why do Clare and Aidan argue at the bowling alley and after they leave?

4. What souvenir does Aidan give Clare after they stop at the high school?

5. Where have most of Aidan and Clare's friends already gone?

6. Why is it odd that Aidan did not tell Claire he did not apply to Harvard?

7. Where are Aidan and Clare going to college?

8. Why does Aidan like to Clare's house rather than his own?

9. What has Clare prepared for and not prepared for before the last night with Aidan?

10. Why does Clare go inside the gas station, and what does Aidan do when he follows her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clare's heart breaks a little after she and Aidan decide to break up. Why is Clare upset if she believes breaking up is the right thing to do?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Smith use artistic license to create the realistic background of Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Hello, Goodbye, and Everywhere in Between to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

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