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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. About what does Kylie warn herself concerning Derek?

2. Why is Kylie seeing a psychiatrist?

3. What does Miranda reveal about the kitten?

4. What is Miranda holding as she is introducing herself to Kylie?

5. When did Lucas once help Kylie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kylie ask Helen to do and what is the result?

2. What happens when Kylie gets up to go get something to eat in the night?

3. Describe Kylie's vision of the dead soldier the night she meets the "kitten."

4. What does Kylie learn about a deal Brian and Derek make and how does Kylie react to the situation?

5. How did Kylie end up at the camp for "troubled" teens?

6. What do Miranda and Della threaten to do to each other?

7. Who does Kylie see that she knows from an younger age and what did she think of him?

8. How does the party end and where does Kylie go from the party?

9. What does Chan want Della to do, and how does he feel about Della being at the camp?

10. What is Kylie's family situation at the opening to the novel?

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 "Born at Midnight"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in "Born at Midnight" including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the text to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from "Born at Midnight" and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of C. C. Hunter.

2. What in Hunter's background may have helped her in writing Born at Midnight? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

4. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

5. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Hunter's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Hunter's probable agenda concerning that idea.

6. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface? Why or why not?

7. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author? Explain your answer with examples.

Essay Topic 3

Sometimes a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and sometimes it is the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think "Born at Midnight" is? Explain your response.

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