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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 does Sophie say she likes being?

2. What is Sophie's image before dating Robin?

3. When did this derogatory phrase originate?

4. How do the other students react to the news that Sophie and Robin are dating?

5. What is the name of the arcade where Robin and Sophie go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Robin say "I love having an artist for a girlfriend?"

2. What does Sophie say to Rachel and Grace when they corner her in the bathroom and tell her to break up with Robin?

3. How does Robin feel when he hears someone at his high school use the term "Don't be such a Stein?"

4. How do Robin and Sophie begin dating?

5. What does Robin draw when Mr. Schultz asks the class to draw what mood they are in?

6. Why does Robin say that he feels like he has "won the lottery?"

7. Based on his actions, what do you think the art teacher Mr. Schultz feels about the relationship between Robin and Sophie?

8. Why does Sophie's mother react so negatively to the relationship between Robin and Sophie?

9. What does Robin do when he sees Sophie walking towards the goal post on the day that he hears his classmates use the phrase "Don't be such a Stein?"

10. Why does Sophie say that she likes being an "outlaw?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Art plays a pivotal role in relationship of Robin and Sophie. Discuss the ways that the teenagers use art to express their feelings. How does art help or hurt their relationship? Do you think that Sophie and Robin would be together if they did not share a love of art?

Essay Topic 2

Robin buys a yellow hat from a thrift shop in order to look more like a man in a Renoir painting at the art museum. From that day forward, the hat is with Robin all the time. Give examples of where the hat shows up in the text and what role it plays in those moments. How does the hat serve as a symbol? Why do you believe that Robin is so attached to the hat?

Essay Topic 3

Robin experiences what he believes to be his "first love" in Sophie. He is infatuated with her beauty and also drawn to her love for art and determination. Do you think that Robin is truly in love with Sophie? Or does he simply think he is in love because Sophie is the first girl he has ever dated? Explain why you believe Robin is truly in love, or not.

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