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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. When does Ginny say she'll open the last letter?
2. Who is Cecil Gage-Rathbone?
3. What does Keith say Ginny has to do?
4. What does Ginny buy at a grocery store?
5. When does Peg decide she is done with Paris?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Peg tell Ginny in her letter about Denmark?
2. 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?
3. How does Ginny know what to pay the Knapps, what amazes her about the bill and the amount?
4. Why does Ginny have to look for a hostel in Amsterdam and how does she feel about the first one she finds?
5. How do Ginny and Carrie lose their backpacks?
6. How does Ginny find a key?
7. What does Ginny see with Knud and what happens there?
8. What does Keith tell her when she sees him at the hostel and what do they do from there?
9. 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?
10. What does Ginny do the first day with the Knapps?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "13 Little Blue Envelopes". Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Johnson chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Johnson chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Johnson's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Johnson use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme.)
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