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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. To what is the cafe out front of her hostel devoted?

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

3. Where does Keith go when he hops a fence?

4. What reason does Ginny suggest that makes Keith interested in her?

5. Why does Keith dance on a grave?

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 Ginny do the first day with the Knapps?

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 is one of Peg's rules about the states and who does Ginny contact in the hostel in Paris? What happens when she does?

5. How does Ginny find out who Piet is and what does she find out from him?

6. What does the group do when the leave the beach in Greece and what does Ginny do when she finds out she has no money?

7. What does Olivia tell Ginny when they discuss using the internet?

8. Who picks Ginny up in Copenhagen and where does he first take her?

9. Where do Keith and Ginny spend the night in Paris?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in "13 Little Blue Envelopes"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in "13 Little Blue Envelopes" 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 "13 Little Blue Envelopes" and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "13 Little Blue Envelopes". 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 the story. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "13 Little Blue Envelopes". Consider the death of Mike as an random act of nature and the death of Luis as the result of conscious violence. Consider also in your answer the death of innocence in Rick from the beginning of the book to the end.

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