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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. Who finds Vanessa getting sick in the bathroom?

2. What do Vanessa and Tony tell each other in Chapter Seventy-eight?

3. What does Conner decide to do while at the challenge camp?

4. In Chapter Seventy-four, what does Stanley do in group therapy that causes a fight?

5. What are the names of the counselors at Wilderness Camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vanessa discover about being outdoors?

2. Why is Vanessa getting sick in the bathroom?

3. What happens between Vanessa and her father that reinforces in her mind that she has the support of her family?

4. What does Dr. Starr think when Conner says he doesn't want to go home for Easter?

5. What dis Conner's mother say in her letter to him?

6. Why does Conner become so upset during the movie outing?

7. What was the nature of Tony and Phillip's relationship?

8. What will the wilderness challenge be like?

9. What does Conner think about Tony after they finish talking in Chapter Fifty-Five?

10. What positive thing does Vanessa decide to do when visiting her grandmother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The students have already discussed their happiest memories, but don't reveal their darkest memories until they are at the wilderness camp.

1) What was Vanessa's darkest time and how did it change her?

2) What was Conner's darkest time and how did it change him?

3) What was Tony's darkest time and how did it change him?

Essay Topic 2

Each of the three teen characters has been admitted to Aspen Springs psychiatric hospital for attempted suicide.

1) How and why did Vanessa attempt suicide?

2) How and why did Conner attempt suicide?

3) How and why did Tony attempt suicide?

Essay Topic 3

At various times in the book Vanessa feels attracted to both Tony and Conner. Why is she attracted to each of the boys? Is she confusing friendship with sexual attraction? How do the boys feel about her? What is the difference between her feelings for Conner and her feelings for Tony?

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