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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 does Knud take Ginny?

2. What does Keith say about Peg's room?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do Ginny and Carrie lose their backpacks?

5. How does Ginny know what to pay the Knapps, what amazes her about the bill and the amount?

6. What does Ginny find at the second hostel she stops at and how does she end up spending the night there? What does she do once she has a place?

7. What does Ginny do the first day with the Knapps?

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

9. What does Ginny see with Knud and what happens there?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes "13 Little Blue Envelopes" interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Ginny. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Peg. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Richard. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Over the course of "13 Little Blue Envelopes", Ginny grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. "13 Little Blue Envelopes" might be considered a slice of Ginny's larger story of her "coming of age." It might be said that this story is a "bildungsroman" of Ginny Blackstone. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of Ginny as she changes from a shy teen to a more confident young woman. What are the significant events that change Ginny?

3. After thoroughly analyzing Ginny's growth throughout "13 Little Blue Envelopes", do you think "13 Little Blue Envelopes" could be considered Ginny's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in "13 Little Blue Envelopes" who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

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