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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 far apart in age are Morgan and Jenny?

2. What does Miller ask Clara when she gets in his truck in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 11, how long does Morgan say that Elijah cried the night before?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Miller get Clara?

5. In Chapter 1, when did Chris and Jonah graduate from high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Miller move the city limits sign?

2. What is Jenny's relationship with Jonah?

3. What do Morgan and Jonah learn when they get to the emergency room in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Morgan realize about the situation with Elijah?

5. Where is Chris's car found in Chapter 7, and what do Jonah and Morgan learn?

6. How did Chris propose to Morgan?

7. Who is Shelby Phillips?

8. In Chapter 8, why does Miller work at the theater?

9. In Chapter 13, how does Morgan feel about what Chris and Jenny did to Jonah, and what does she decide about the issue?

10. What does Clara say to Jonah about Elijah in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use backstories in the book to provide readers with background information about characters?

Essay Topic 2

Jenny and Morgan never had curfews or restrictions on who they were with or where they went as teenagers. Why did Jenny and Morgan never have curfews or restrictions? Why did their mother never get active in their lives as a parent? How did this affect them?

Essay Topic 3

Jonah gives Morgan a bag of watermelon Jolly Ranchers. How long has Jonah been giving Morgan watermelon Jolly Ranchers? What do the candies reveal about Chris and Jonah and their relationship to Morgan?

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