| 1. | What did you think of Zoe? Would you want to be friends with her? |
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| 2. | What did you think of Zoe's parents? Were they good parents? |
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| 3. | How do you think Zoe's dad's condition affected her? |
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| 4. | Zoe found out at Career Day that her mom is a controller. Do you know what your parents do at their jobs? Are they jobs you would like to have? Why or why not? |
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| 5. | If you took piano lessons, would you like Mabelline Person for a piano teacher? Why, or why not?
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| 6. | Would you rather have talent and work hard or be a prodigy? |
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| 7. | Have you been in a piano recital, or given a performance? How did you feel before and during it? |
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| 8. | Who do you think was a better friend to Zoe, Emma or Wheeler? Why? |
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| 9. | Why did Wheeler become so involved with Zoe's family? |
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| 10. | What is the significance of the song, "Forever in Blue Jeans" to the story? |
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| 11. | Who do you think will have a better life, Zoe or Emma? Why? |
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| 12. | Can you give some examples from your own life where things didn't turn out the way you thought they would, but in the end were "perfect" anyway? |
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| 13. | Did you like the style of the book, with various chapter lengths and the titles the author used? |
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| 14. | What do you think the title of the book means? |
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