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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. When Mr. Mautz asks Moby to have lunch with him, what does Mr. Mautz really want to find out about?

2. When Sarah Byrnes visits Moby in the hospital, what does she tell Moby?

3. When Moby gets home from visiting with Sarah Byrnes, who has left a message for Moby to call him?

4. What GPA does Sarah Byrnes have?

5. The day the students are told that Brittain attempted suicide, who comes to Moby's house for dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Moby not tell the police about Virgil's threats?

2. According to Carver, how did Carver manipulate his way into a relationship with Moby's mother?

3. How is Moby able to gain access to Sarah Byrnes' room while she is at a group therapy session without arousing suspicion from the nurses?

4. When Moby asks the person he finds folding towels their opinion about Moby's dating Jody Mueller, what response does Moby get?

5. When Moby goes looking for someone to talk to about the possibility of dating Jody Mueller, why does the person he finds consider folding towels to be therapy?

6. According to Jody, why did she have the abortion alone?

7. After hearing what the man waiting for Moby and Ellerby tells them when the two boys are called to the office during their study hall, how does Ellerby respond to the man's words?

8. After Sarah Byrnes bolts from the psych ward, why does Moby return to the psych ward to speak with Laurel?

9. As Moby recovers in his hospital room, why is Moby terribly nervous for Sarah Byrnes?

10. As Moby retreats to his bedroom to do some thinking about Sarah Byrnes and Jody Mueller, why does Moby admit that he's scared to death to start anything up with Jody?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. Mautz seems to be a man who is supremely confident in his ability to come out on top - and in his powerful position at the school. Identify at least three instances from the story that highlight his confidence. How is Matuz helped by his utter confidence? How is Mautz hurt by his confidence? Provide examples of each.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Moby and Mark Brittain.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role that justice plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by the concept of justice - both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 3

In many ways, the novel is a series of contrasts designed to heighten the reader's awareness and draw the reader deeper into the story and the intricacies of each of the story's characters. Identify at least three contrasts that are used in the novel. Describe these contrasts and determine how they impact the story's plot, as well as the reader's emotional involvement in the characters' lives. If these identified contrasts were not included in the story, what impact would their absence have on the storyline, the characters' development and the readers' involvement?

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