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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. Where do Margo and Q go to look out over the city?
2. What does Margo have Q do at the first place they stop?
3. Whose niece is mentioned in a note Q finds in Margo's room?
4. What do Margo and Q take to Karin?
5. Why did Lacey break up with Craig?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the parting scene like between Margo and Q at the end of the night?
2. What is Margo's relationship to Q?
3. Describe Q's conversation with Otis Warren.
4. What does Margo give Q to do with as he likes?
5. Describe Ben Starlling and his relationship to Q.
6. What do Margo and Q do at the SunTrust Building?
7. Why are things chaotic at school and what are a couple incidents that happen as a result?
8. What does Margo ask Q when they are driving around, and where do they go?
9. Who visits Q near midnight one night and what does she want?
10. What does Margo do to wreck vengeance on Jase?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Paper Towns. 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 fitting in in Paper Towns. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to fit into their social structure? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of change in Paper Towns. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with change? Why? What are some symbols of change? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
4. Trace and analyze the theme of authenticity in Paper Towns. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with being authentic? Why? What are some symbols of authenticity? Symbols of falsehood? What characters seem authentic?
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of interesting questions raised by Paper Towns. Questions that Green most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Green's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Green's probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of John Green and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss Paper Towns based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Paper Towns is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Paper Towns a successful novel? What about young teens?
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