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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. Why did the owner of the bookshop punish Joe when Joe was younger?

2. When Beck does not post about meeting Joe, what does he decide?

3. What does Joe use to kill Benji?

4. What is the name of the man whom Beck is casually dating?

5. According to Joe, what makes us stronger?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe help Beck during a dangerous situation?

2. Who interrupts Joe and Beck as they are assembling her bed? What is the outcome of this interruption?

3. How does Joe get inside Beck's apartment and what does he do there?

4. What does Benji give Joe? What does he tell him about this item?

5. How do Joe and Peach get along when they first meet? What does Joe discover inside Peach's house?

6. Who is Spencer Hewitt? What is significant about him?

7. What happened while Joe was being punished by Mr. Mooney?

8. Why did Mr. Mooney punish Joe? How did he punish him?

9. What is the "cage," and where is it located?

10. How does Joe meet Beck? What does Joe think about her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the men in Beck’s life: Joe, Benji, Dr. Nicky. Is she loved by any of them? If so, which? What point do you think the author is trying to make about love?

Essay Topic 2

Does Joe experience any change over the course of the novel? In what ways does he change and in what ways does he remain the same?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the effects technology and social media have on Joe and Beck. What point do you think the author is trying to make regarding these innovations?

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