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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 does Peg do for a place to stay in Paris?

2. What does Carrie ask Ginny?

3. What does Ginny examine as her benefactors are at dinner?

4. How does Ginny respond to Carrie's question?

5. What does Richard tell Ginny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What does Peg say about Paris when she finished her job at the cafe and what does she tell Ginny she is to do next?

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

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

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

9. What does Ginny do when she leaves Richard after learning he was Peg's husband?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Ginny always felt as though she was more interesting around her Aunt Peg. She was rather shy and tried hard to blend in wherever possible, which was almost impossible with a thirty pound green and purple backpack. It is a June afternoon when Ginny arrived at the 4th Noodle Penthouse to pick up the package left to her by Aunt Peg. The smell is immediately familiar and she half expects Peg to come in any second, but of course that is impossible. She can't believe her Aunt is actually gone. Her visits to Peg had been infrequent, but magical. Peg had always been flighty, so when her phone stopped working, no one panicked.

1. Discuss, in detail, why you think Ginny always felt more interesting around her aunt. Use examples from your own life and "13 Little Blue Envelopes" to support your answer.

2. Discuss, in detail, ways in which you think Ginny could overcome her shyness. Use examples from your own life and "13 Little Blue Envelopes" to support your answer.

3. Discuss what you think Ginny might be feeling and thinking when she enters the penthouse. Use examples from your own life and "13 Little Blue Envelopes" to support your answer.

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