PROLOGUE

1. What was Clay Jensen doing as the story opens?

2. How did Clay feel about Jenny?
3. How did Clay feel about what he had heard on the tapes he was mailing Jenny?
4. Where was Clay going after he left the post office? Why was he reluctant to go
there?
5. What was inside the package that Clay received when he arrived home from school?
6. Why was Clay shocked and surprised that the tapes were from Hannah?

CASSETTE 1
SIDE A
7. Why did Hannah create the tapes and have them sent to different people? What else
did she send them?
8. How did Hannah ensure people will listen to her tapes? What were her 2 rules?
9. Why was Clay surprised for being included in Hanna’s tapes?
10. Who was the first “reason” on Cassette side A? Why? Explain what happened
between Hannah and Justin
11. What was the rumor about their encounter? How did Hannah feel about that?
12. What did Clay do after listening to Justin’s story?

SIDE B
13. Who was Alex Standall and why was he one of the 13 reasons?
14. Describe how others reacted to the list at first.
15. Why did Hannah feel that the rest of her 13 reasons were either directly or indirectly
related to this list?
16. Explain Hannah’s quote: “I think the deciding factor was revenge”
17. What were the repercussions Hannah talked about? How did they affect her emotions?
18. Why did Hannah wish for people to follow a map?
19. What did Clay remember as he arrived at Hannah's old house, the first stop on the
map?
20.Explain what happened to Hannah at the Blue Spot Liquor store.
21. What other repercussions did the list have?
22. Talk about the sensations and emotions Clay underwent while listening to the tapes.
What were his feelings towards Hannah?