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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. Why is Kylie leaving the house with a backpack?
2. What is the reason Holiday says that Kylie is at the camp?
3. What does Miranda say she's been eating for years?
4. What town is near the camp?
5. Who is looking for Kylie?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the party end and where does Kylie go from the party?
2. What does Holiday reveal after Kylie tells her about the ghost Kylie keeps seeing?
3. How did Kylie end up at the camp for "troubled" teens?
4. Describe Kylie's vision of the dead soldier the night she meets the "kitten."
5. What does Derek do when a water moccasin comes near Kylie?
6. Why does Lucas confront Derek?
7. What do Kylie and Della talk about as they are walking to the group campfire?
8. What do Miranda and Della threaten to do to each other?
9. What does Kylie observe on the bus that is taking her to camp?
10. How did Helen help her sister?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters are an important part of what makes "Born at Midnight" interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Kylie. 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 Lucas. 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.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Derek. 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.
4. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Holiday. 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.
Essay Topic 2
Born at Midnight belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:
1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy 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 fantasy and a historical novel or mystery?
Essay Topic 3
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Kylie and Miranda. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Derek and Lucas. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in "Born at Midnight" help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
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