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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. How many flights does Ginny have to climb to get to her room?

2. What does Ginny do when they are on the boat?

3. What is Ginny supposed to ask Piet?

4. What does Ginny do after going to the ATM?

5. What does Olivia offer Ginny?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ginny and Carrie lose their backpacks?

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

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

4. What does Peg tell Ginny in her letter about Denmark?

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

6. How does Ginny find a key?

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.)

Essay Topic 3

"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?

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