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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. What is Lucas's mother doing when Lucas and Roy return from the NA meeting in Chapter 15?

2. What does Roy ask for in return for his promise to Lucas in Chapter 14?

3. Who takes Roy and Lucas home after the Wednesday NA meeting in Chapter 15?

4. What does Roy tell Lucas their mother has forgotten to do in Chapter 13?

5. How many years have passed since the summer of 1969?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lucas know and not know about Zoe?

2. What is Lucas's reaction to seeing Roy again?

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

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

5. How did Zoe protect Roy from the town, and what is significant about it?

6. What mistake does Lucas make twice with Roy?

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

8. Why is Lucas not there when Darren talks to Roy?

9. How did Lucas avoid Vietnam and why?

10. What became of Zoe and her cabin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most of the novel is set in the summer of 1969, but the final chapter takes place 50 years later. In an essay, consider how this affects the novel's central messages.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, discuss what role or roles that nature plays in this book.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, discuss the differing role mother figures and father figures play in the novel.

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