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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 is Cooper forced to come out as gay?

2. Who wants to get involved with Cooper's case?

3. What does Maeve find suspicious in Part 2?

4. Who invites Addy to sit with them in Part 2?

5. What is Addy's mom mad about in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What baseball strategy backfires for Cooper?

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

3. What show are the students featured on?

4. Why does Bronwyn return to the police station?

5. Why is Bronwyn interested in Eli?

6. Who arrives at Nate's door?

7. How are Nate and Cooper treated differently than Addy and Bronwyn?

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

9. Why does Cooper break up with Keely?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define hypocrisy and relate how the behaviors and actions of two or more characters are hypocritical. Cite textual evidence and draw parallels between what the author seems to believe about social justice and how the novel's characters are punished for lying.

Essay Topic 2

This novel has been likened to the movie The Breakfast Club. Compare and contrast the stereotypical teens in each work. What has or has not changed over the last three decades in regards to teenage behavioral and emotional health?

Essay Topic 3

Pick one of the narrator's and explain in detail how that character overcame other people's preconceived ideas. Give examples of how the character changed. What formula for happiness is the author trying to convey by showing the character's acceptance of self?

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