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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. Where does Hannah take a poetry writing course?

2. What appeals to Clay as he looks at the menu?

3. Which side of Cassette 4 is playing in Part 5?

4. When does Hannah say she is going to kill herself?

5. Why does Clay feel that Hannah got into the hot tub with Bryce?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clay feel about lying to his mother?

2. Where did Hannah go the night she was house sitting for her father's friend?

3. What are the two reasons that Clay is late for school for the first time in his life?

4. What did Hannah do once she arrived at Courtney's house?

5. How does Hannah's conversation with the guidance counselor, Mr. Porter, turn out?

6. What is significant about Hannah's appearance in this section?

7. What happened to Jessica at the Cottonwood party?

8. What are the last words that Clay remembers speaking to Hannah?

9. What happened after Hannah anonymously asked the Peer Communications teacher to discuss suicide?

10. Who does Clay see walking down the hall at school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Thirteen Reasons Why" is written in two different tenses. The Prologue and Part 9 are written in the present; Parts 1 through 8 are written as a flashback. Why do you think the author chose to write the story this way? Do you think it added to the story? Why or why not? How does the telling of the story contribute to the suspense? The action? Use examples from the story to answer the question.

Essay Topic 2

When Clay arrives at Tyler Down's house he finds Marcus Cooley already there. Marcus is upset with the way Tyler took advantage of Courtney and Hannah when he was a Peeping Tom. What is ironic about Marcus being upset by Tyler's behavior? How has Marcus's own behavior toward Hannah been? Do you think Marcus is really angry at Tyler, or is he angry at himself? Why do you feel the way you do?

Use examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Hannah's intimacy with Bryce in Courtney's hot tub was self punishment. Why would Hannah feel she needed to be punished? What feelings about herself did Hannah reinforce by being with Bryce? What was Clay's explanation for Hannah's behavior with Bryce? Provide examples from the text in your answer.

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