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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Roy meeting with Zoe when Lucas finds them in Chapter 18?
(a) To ask her to be his sponsor.
(b) To tell her more about his experience in Vietnam.
(c) To convince her to come back to the NA meetings.
(d) To ask her to stop seeing Lucas.

2. Why does Connor refuse Lucas's offer to let him run with the dogs?
(a) He does not like running.
(b) He says the dogs are Lucas's thing.
(c) He does not like dogs.
(d) He says it is far too early for him to get up in the morning.

3. Who trips over Lucas in the dark outside of the NA meeting?
(a) Libby.
(b) Roy.
(c) Zoe.
(d) Connor.

4. Where do Lucas and Roy go the night of the funeral in Chapter 19?
(a) The Park.
(b) The school.
(c) Zoe's old cabin.
(d) The Place.

5. Why is Connor angry when Lucas arrives in Chapter 11?
(a) He thinks Connor knows where his dad is.
(b) He thinks Connor broke up with Libby over him.
(c) He thinks Connor has been lying to him.
(d) He thinks Connor has been spying on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darren say when Lucas asks if he is upset about Libby in Chapter 13?

2. How does Roy know Zoe?

3. What message did Zoe once ask Roy to take to the family of one of the dead children?

4. When Lucas's mother returns in Chapter 13, why is she angry with Lucas?

5. What is Lucas's big idea in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Connor insist Lucas saved him?

2. What does Zoe say at the meeting?

3. According to Connor, why is it helpful to talk with Zoe?

4. What is Lucas's mother doing when they get home from NA and why is it significant?

5. What advice does Zoe give Lucas when he says he has got too many people to save?

6. When Lucas drops the gun into the river, he tells the river, "You owe me one." What does he mean?

7. How does Lucas learn about the gun?

8. What big idea does Lucas have when he cannot sleep?

9. Describe Lucas's relationship with Harris.

10. How was it that Zoe came to attempt suicide?

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