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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. Why does Susannah's attorney talk to Belly's mother so frequently?

2. What is Belly's perception of Susannah?

3. What does Nona do for a living?

4. Where is Laurel when the characters learn of Susannah's passing?

5. When Belly's prom date notices her best friend at the dance, what does he do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Belly consent to attend the party at the start of the book?

2. Following the funeral, what does Belly discover in the basement?

3. How does Conrad act at the prom?

4. What does Jeremiah claim was the defining event in his grief?

5. After the burial for his mother, why does Jeremiah get enraged with Belly?

6. What is the final thing Susannah asks Belly?

7. What happens at the poolside the previous summer that Jeremiah labels a pivotal moment in the dynamic between himself, Belly, and Conrad?

8. Taylor wants Belly to date Cory, but why?

9. What is Belly's relationship to Susannah Fisher?

10. What makes it hard for Conrad to call Belly after leaving the beach house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Belly’s feelings for Cam over the course of the novel. Did she ever really like him? What stopped her, ultimately, from falling in love with him?

Essay Topic 2

Is Belly a child or an adult? Can she be both at one time?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of relationship did Susannah have with her husband, and how did this affect the overall tone of the plot?

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