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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 did Vicky once perceive Leo?

2. To what does Vicky compare the prospect of a day with Adam?

3. Who is at Vicky's house when she gets home?

4. Where do Zachary and Vicky have dinner?

5. What pleases Adam about Basil's encounter with Vicky?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adam tell Vicky when they go out for a swim on Sunday?

2. Where does Vicky go with Zachary and to what does she compare the experience?

3. How does Vicky's experience impact her thoughts and feelings?

4. How is Grandfather doing and how does Vicky interact with him?

5. What was Grandfather's house originally, and how has he integrated the design into his own lifestyle?

6. Describe the conversation between Zachary and Vicky when he calls after dinner.

7. Why are Vicky's parents gone when she arrives back home?

8. What does Vicky do with Adam for which she feels badly?

9. Why do Leo and Vicky go back to the emergency room and who does Vicky see?

10. What creature catches Vicky's eye at the funeral and what does she think it symbolizes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What is foreshadowing? What incidences of foreshadowing are in "A Ring of Endless Light"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in "A Ring of Endless Light" 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 the text of this story, and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Vicky matures and grows throughout the book.

1. What do you think might be some of the reasons Vicky is maturing? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Vicky's maturity shown in the book is unrealistic in the short amount of time period the book covers? Why or why not?

3. Discuss the ways that Vicky shows changes in her maturity in the book.

Essay Topic 3

"A Ring of Endless Light" belongs to the young adult novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult 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 young adult novel and a historical novel mystery?

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