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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. What is the name of the cafe Ginny goes to?

2. What does Ginny tell Keith?

3. What does Ginny tell her companions?

4. What does Aunt Peg admit in the next letter?

5. For what does Ginny say she's been searching?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ginny feel about getting out of the cemetery and what does Keith do when she says she missed the locking of the hostel?

2. What does the key fit and what does Ginny find there? What does she do next?

3. Why does Ginny have to look for a hostel in Amsterdam and how does she feel about the first one she finds?

4. What does Peg tell Ginny about the last envelope and what does Ginny say when Carrie asks her when she is going to open it?

5. What does Keith tell her when she sees him at the hostel and what do they do from there?

6. How do Ginny and Carrie lose their backpacks?

7. What does Ginny tell Keith about Richard and what does he say to her?

8. Who does Ginny meet at the hostel in Copenhagen, what do they nickname her and why?

9. Where is Ginny suppose to go after Rome, where is she suppose to stay and why?

10. Where does Ginny go after Copenhagen and how does she end up with friends going with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"13 Little Blue Envelopes" belongs to the teen novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the teen novel 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 teen novel and a historical novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "13 Little Blue Envelopes".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "13 Little Blue Envelopes". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of the story. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Ginny is astounded that even from the grave Peg seemed able to give Ginny exactly what she needs most. She had always been good at that in the past, calling intuitively when Ginny needed her. Mari tells Ginny that she was sorry to hear about her Aunt's passing, and claims that Peg felt terrible about leaving Ginny behind. Ginny spends most of the train ride back to London explaining everything to Keith after which he tells her he doesn't like what Peg did to her. Ginny defends her. When they are almost home, he pulls out a small Godzilla that he stole from Mari's and Ginny gets angry. When he sees she doesn't want it, he tosses it on the tracks in the tube station, making Ginny even more angry. Unable to understand why she is so upset, he tells her he'll take the bus and disappears into the crowd before Ginny can say anything else.

1. Discuss, in depth, what you think about Peg's character that Ginny would think Peg could predict Ginny so well. Use examples from your own life and "13 Little Blue Envelopes" to support your answer.

2. Mara says that Peg felt terrible about leaving Ginny, and yet, Peg never contacted Ginny about her illness. Discuss what you think is the reason for this. Use examples from your own life and "13 Little Blue Envelopes" to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Ginny was angry at Keith and why do you think Keith became angry at Ginny's anger? Use examples from your own life and the text to support your answer.

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