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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. Who meets Jacob and Emma as they come back through the cairn?

2. Where does Jacob discover a box of letters and photos that pertain to Emma and Abe's relationship?

3. Where do the children think the Golan will try to leave the island in Chapter 10?

4. What would happen if the children were to leave the Home?

5. What is Miss Peregrine doing that is keeping tension among the children in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the townspeople in Jacob's time period upset when Jacob returns in the evening in Chapter 7?

2. Why does Miss Avocet say she is at the Home in Chapter 9?

3. Who is murdered in Cairnholm in Chapter 10 and what does Jacob think happened?

4. How is it apparent that there may be a budding romance between Jacob and Emma in Chapter 7?

5. What does Jacob realize is true about his "peculiarity" in Chapter 9?

6. How does Jacob make his first monster kill?

7. What does Miss Peregrine do to help Jacob fit in to the children's home?

8. What news do Hugh and Fiona have for Jacob and Emma when the two return to the beach in Chapter 9?

9. What internal struggle does Jacob grapple with in the beginning of Chapter 10?

10. What is Emma's reaction when she finds Jacob looking over the letters between her and Abe, and how does this confrontation make Jacob leery of Emma's advances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Jacob and his father. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Emma and Miss Peregrine. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a fantasy and a historical novel mystery?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Who has died a physical death? Were their deaths necessary to the story? Who has died a metaphorical death? In what way was the metaphorical death occurring?

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