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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 does Kylie call Derek?

2. What does Miranda say about Fredricka?

3. Whose body is Kylie inhabiting one night?

4. What does Burnett have when he gets to Kylie's cabin?

5. Where does Kylie realize she is at the beginning to chapter 42?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Kylie go and tell Holiday about Trey's visit?

3. What happens at first when Kylie discovers a lion on her bed?

4. Why is Kylie jealous concerning Derek?

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

6. What does Kylie think the soldier in her vision wants from Kylie?

7. How does Kylie exasperate Holiday?

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

9. How does Kylie explain why she doubts being supernatural?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Kylie begins to accept her situation, it occurs to her that she'll have to lie to almost everyone that she knows. She knows she won't be able to tell her friends she has supernatural powers or that she knows people who are witches and vampires. Kylie is frightened by the idea that she's very near a great many supernaturals, including vampires. She is particularly disturbed by the idea of vampires drinking blood and that will later be something she has to overcome when she becomes friends with a vampire.

1. Discuss the reasons Kylie is beginning to accept her situation as she is getting to know the other campers at Shadow Falls. Use examples from your own life and "Born at Midnight" to support your answer.

2. Discuss the ways in which Kylie's life will change once she accepts her supernatural powers. Use examples from your own life and "Born at Midnight" to support your answer.

3. Do you think it is reasonable for Kylie to feel frightened around some of the other campers? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and the text to support your answer.

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

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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