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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 Joe discover inside Peach's home?

2. What is the name of Beck's favorite film?

3. Following the night at the bar, Beck and Joe exchange what?

4. Where did Beck grow up?

5. What does Beck lose on the way home from the bar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Nathan Herzog? What does "Nathan" do?

4. On what surprising topic does Joe quiz Benji? What are the results?

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

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

7. What is the significance of the red ladle?

8. What enables Joe to monitor Beck's communications with others?

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

10. What information does Joe learn while at Beck's fiction reading?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel. What does titling the novel “You” say about Joe? How does the title reflect the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Benji, the Captain, and Dr. Nicky. Analyze the effects each has on both Joe and the plot as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Books are very important to the story. Discuss how characters like Joe, Beck, Mr. Mooney, and Peach view books. What point do you think the author is trying to make regarding the importance of books?

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