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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. How does Conner feel about his house when he goes home in Chapter Seventy-nine?

2. Who asks Tony to read his poem?

3. Who does Vanessa overhear in the bathroom in chapter 57?

4. What happens to Vanessa when she begins to think about Conner's hand on her back?

5. Why is Vanessa beginning to fantasize about Conner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Conner give to Tony about his sexual feelings toward Vanessa?

2. What does Vanessa discover about being outdoors?

3. What is Tony's response to Conner's questions about his sexuality?

4. Why is Tony worried about Conner?

5. What happens between Tony and Vanessa in Chapters Seventy-seven and Seventy-eight?

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

7. What will the wilderness challenge be like?

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

9. Why doesn't Conner think he is ready to go home after the wilderness challenge?

10. What does Tony tell Conner he did that caused him to be sent to juvenile hall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

As a part of obtaining Level One, the teens had to attend church with the group. How do each of the main characters feel about church and faith? Why do you think the author has included God and faith in the book and in the level system of Aspen Springs?

Essay Topic 3

What happened in Tony's life that caused him to spin out of control? How could his father have helped him through this event? How could his mother have helped him? What did Tony do as a result of the event? How did the event change his life forever?

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