I Hope This Doesn't Find You – Full Book Quiz

Are you ready to revisit the rivalry, romance, and reputation-shredding email leak in Ann Liang’s I Hope This Doesn’t Find You? This 20-question quiz covers the entire story, from Sadie Wen’s disastrous Reply All moment to her final confession. Questions are grouped by type and range from multiple choice to short answer. The complete answer key with explanations follows all questions. No spoilers beyond the book’s ending.

Plot and Sequence (8 Questions)

What mistake causes Sadie’s private email drafts to be sent to the entire year level?
- A) She accidentally clicked “Send” while angry.
- B) Her friend Abigail forwarded the emails.
- C) A computer virus infected her laptop.
- D) Someone hacked her school account.
When Sadie first realizes the emails are public, what does Julius do?
- A) He laughs at her in front of everyone.
- B) He quietly deletes them from her outbox.
- C) He asks her to follow him to the school gardens.
- D) He reports her to the principal immediately.
What punishment does Principal Miller assign to Sadie and Julius?
- A) A two-week suspension from school.
- B) Writing a joint apology letter to the faculty.
- C) Cleaning the bike sheds together after school.
- D) Giving up their roles as school captains.
Who does Sadie discover is Julius’s older brother?
- A) Danny Yao
- B) James Luo
- C) Jonathan Sok
- D) Ray Suzuki
During the canoe race at Lake Averlore, what happens?
- A) Julius wins the race and taunts Sadie.
- B) Sadie and Julius both make it safely to shore.
- C) Sadie’s canoe capsizes after colliding with Julius’s.
- D) A teacher forces them to stop racing.
Who confesses to being the one who accidentally sent Sadie’s drafts?
- A) Rosie Wilson-Wang
- B) Georgina Wilkins
- C) Abigail Ong
- D) Danny Yao
What does Julius do after Sadie collapses from exhaustion at the Athletics Carnival?
- A) He carries her to the nurse’s office.
- B) He runs the 1000m in her place and gives her his medal.
- C) He tells the principal she cheated.
- D) He ignores her and walks away.
According to Sadie’s mother, why did Sadie’s father really leave the family?
- A) Because Sadie burned a pot and he got angry.
- B) Because the marriage was already unhappy and the separation was inevitable.
- C) Because he lost his job and couldn’t support them.
- D) Because he wanted to move back to China.

Character Motivation (5 Questions)

Why is Julius so determined to beat Sadie in academics and competitions?
- A) He wants to impress a girl he likes.
- B) He feels the need to prove himself because he lives in his older brother’s shadow.
- C) He hates Sadie personally and wants to humiliate her.
- D) He is naturally competitive in everything.
Why does Sadie write her unsent, angry emails?
- A) She plans to send them later as blackmail.
- B) She uses them as an emotional outlet for her suppressed frustration.
- C) She wants to keep a record of Julius’s mistakes.
- D) She intends to publish them as a blog.
Why does Julius scrub the graffiti that calls Sadie a “bitch” off the bike shed wall?
- A) He wants to prevent the school from seeing it.
- B) He feels sorry for Sadie and doesn’t want her to be hurt.
- C) He thinks the handwriting is ugly and wants to fix it.
- D) He is angry at the person who wrote it.
What reason does Abigail give for sending Sadie’s email drafts to everyone?
- A) She was jealous of Sadie.
- B) She thought the emails were funny.
- C) She wanted to help Sadie be more honest, and she felt useless.
- D) She accidentally clicked Reply All while borrowing Sadie’s laptop.
Why does Julius abruptly agree to Sadie’s lakeside suggestion for the senior trip?
- A) He realizes the lake is his favorite place.
- B) He wants to end the forced collaboration because it is painful for him.
- C) He gives in to make Sadie stop arguing.
- D) He has a surprise planned there.

Theme and Symbol (4 Questions)

What does the burned pot in Sadie’s childhood memory symbolize?
- A) Her failed dreams of becoming a chef.
- B) The moment she started her rivalry with Julius.
- C) Her guilt and self-blame for her father’s departure.
- D) Her mother’s impatience.
What does the bike shed graffiti (“Sadie Wen is a bitch”) represent in the story?
- A) The school’s strict rule about defacing property.
- B) The social judgment and shame Sadie feels after the email leak.
- C) A prank by Sadie’s friends.
- D) Julius’s secret admiration for Sadie.
In the final email Sadie writes to Julius, what does she refuse to do?
- A) Apologize for her emails.
- B) Admit her feelings.
- C) Ask for his forgiveness.
- D) Tell him to leave her alone.
How does Sadie’s perfectionism affect her relationship with her family?
- A) She takes over the bakery to help her mother.
- B) She feels responsible for everyone’s happiness and hides her struggles.
- C) She argues with her brother constantly.
- D) She tries to get her parents to reconcile.

Synthesis (3 Questions)

How does Sadie’s perception of Julius change from the beginning of the novel to the end?
- A) She goes from seeing him as a rival to realizing he is the person she loves.
- B) She initially respects him and later detests him.
- C) She thinks he is a bully and later realizes he is harmless.
- D) She views him as a friend first and a rival second.
The title I Hope This Doesn’t Find You initially refers to Sadie’s secret emails being discovered. By the end, what does the title come to mean?
- A) She hopes her apology letter reaches him.
- B) She hopes he will find her because she loves him.
- C) She hopes the school never finds out the truth.
- D) She hopes her mother doesn’t read the emails.
In what way do family expectations shape both Sadie and Julius’s personalities and actions throughout the book?
- A) Both are driven by pressure to excel; Sadie from her father’s abandonment, Julius from his brother’s achievements.
- B) Sadie’s mother pushes her to be perfect, while Julius’s parents ignore him.
- C) Neither character cares about their family’s opinions.
- D) Julius is forced to match his father’s career, while Sadie rebels against her mother.

Answer Key

1. B – Abigail deliberately sent the emails because she wanted Sadie to stop pretending.

2. C – In chapter 3, Julius asks Sadie to follow him to the school gardens to talk privately.

3. C – Principal Miller orders them to clean the bike shed graffiti as detention and forces them to work together for a month.

4. B – Sadie learns James Luo is Julius’s older brother when she calls him for the yearbook interview.

5. C – Sadie’s canoe capsizes after she and Julius argue and collide mid-lake.

6. C – Abigail confesses at the campfire that she accidentally sent the drafts, crushing Sadie.

7. B – Julius runs the 1000m in Sadie’s place, wins, and gives her the medal.

8. B – Her mother explains that the marriage was already troubled; Sadie’s guilt was misplaced.

9. B – In chapter 10, Sadie sees James belittle Julius, revealing Julius’s deep need to prove himself.

10. B – Sadie uses the drafts as a private emotional release because she constantly suppresses her anger.

11. B – Julius protects Sadie from more humiliation by dismissing the graffiti and scrubbing it away.

12. C – Abigail admits she wanted to feel useful and believed forcing Sadie’s honesty would help.

13. B – Julius suddenly agrees after an intense argument, and his tone suggests he is ending the forced proximity because it hurts him.

14. C – Sadie believes her father left because she burned the pot, symbolizing her lifelong self-blame.

15. B – The graffiti represents the public shaming Sadie endures after her private thoughts become known.

16. A – She writes, “I’m not sorry for those emails,” refusing to apologize for her genuine feelings.

17. B – Sadie feels she must be the strong one and hide her struggles to avoid burdening her family.

18. A – The story traces Sadie’s journey from rivalry to romantic love, culminating in her email confession.

19. B – Sadie’s final email ends with “I really hope this finds you. And I hope you find me too,” transforming the title’s meaning.

20. A – Sadie’s father’s abandonment fuels her need to be perfect; Julius competes to escape his brother’s shadow.

For more insights, check the book overview, the questions and answers page, or the ending explained.