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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. Instead of a mystery, what does Q decide Margo is?

2. About what does Q think Whitman was too optimistic?

3. What does Lacey ask of Q?

4. How do the boys feel as they leave the mini-mall?

5. What is causing the stench?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Q do in the souvenir shop while waiting?

2. What significant conversation do Ben and Q have in hour twelve?

3. Why is Gus at the mini mall and what does he say about Margo?

4. What does Q decide after seeing the changes at the mini mall?

5. What does Q do at Holly Meadows?

6. What transpires the first five hours of their trip?

7. How does Q finally figure out where Margo is?

8. Why does Q go to a party when Ben calls him?

9. How does Q vacillate about his search for Margo, but what does he do instead of the prom concerning her?

10. Why does Q become frustrated with Ben the morning after the prom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Quentin is no exception. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Quentin demonstrates his intelligence and his morals. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Quentin's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Quentin 's admirable traits makes him do what he does about finding Margo. Have his flaws impacted his life? How do his flaws influence his handling of the Margo mystery?

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Paper Towns? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Paper Towns including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Paper Towns and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Paper Towns is? Explain your response.

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