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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 does Nate get texts from in Part 2?

2. What does Bronwyn's lawyer hope the ruling will be?

3. What does Nate give Bronwyn in Part 2?

4. What was the purpose of the car accident in the parking lot?

5. What symbol does Nate's mom use as a metaphor for growth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maeve discover when she goes on Simon's admin board?

2. Why does Cooper break up with Keely?

3. Why does Addy cut off her hair?

4. What is Bronwyn's Dante's Inferno allusion?

5. What does Addy notice about Bronwyn in Part 2?

6. How does Nate see that Addy has changed by Part 3?

7. What are the police accused of violating regarding Cooper?

8. Who arrives at Nate's door?

9. Why does Mikhail use his show to promote the students' innocence?

10. How is Bronwyn being implicated?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each of the students knows their hidden secret that is on Simon's About That app, except for Cooper. How does the author use foreshadowing to make the reader guess about Cooper's other potential secrets? Is this an effective strategy or a wild goose chase? Explain why the author uses this technique and how it relates to mystery.

Essay Topic 2

Simon's death causes internal and external conflict in the narrators. Which conflict seems most difficult for the main characters to deal with? What is the author's purpose in revealing seemingly small slights?

Essay Topic 3

Addy's mom expects Addy and her sister to attract and keep men. What does Addy's mom communicate, either verbally or nonverbally, to her daughters about relationships? How is Addy influenced by her mom? What is the author trying to convey about Addy's upbringing?

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