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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. Who attacks Derek and Kylie at the refuge?

2. What surprises Kylie's mother about the kitten in Kylie's cabin?

3. What does Kylie tell Holida as they are driving back to camp?

4. What does Kylie say to her mother that she knows about her father?

5. What does Kylie decide to put off reading for a while?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daniel Brighten disappear, and how does he reassure Kylie?

2. What happens during the fight at the refuge and who breaks it up?

3. Who does Della bring to Kylie's room and how did she find the person?

4. Why does Kylie stand up to Holiday?

5. Why can't Kylie have a blood test to determine if she is supernatural?

6. What does Lucas give Kylie?

7. Why does Derek go back into Kylie's room after Burnett arrives?

8. What does Kylie witness when in the body of the ghost soldier?

9. What happens when Kylie calls her father about parents' day?

10. What happens when Trey shows up where Kylie and Lucas are in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Over the course of "Born at Midnight", Kylie grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. "Born at Midnight" might be considered a slice of Kylie's larger story of her "coming of age." It might be said that it is a "bildungsroman" of Kylie Galen. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of Kylie as she changes from having little knowledge of herself or the world to a wiser, young woman. What are the significant events that change Kylie?

3. After thoroughly analyzing Kylie's growth throughout Born at Midnight, do you think "Born at Midnight" could be considered Kylie's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in "Born at Midnight" who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

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