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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. What distracts Bella after she smells Jacob?
2. Why can't Bella move or scream?
3. What is the overriding sensation Bella is experiencing after receiving vampire blood?
4. What does Renesmee wear when she visits Charlie on Christmas?
5. How does Charlie respond to Bella when he first sees her?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Bella feeling and what brings her out of her pain for a brief moment?
2. What is the next scent Bella smells on the hunt and what does she do?
3. What does Garrett say to the witnesses the Volturi have brought with them?
4. What does Bella want to learn from Edward and why is he furious?
5. How does Aro learn the truth about Renesmee?
6. What happens when Charlie first sees Bella and why does he accept the change in her?
7. What is the first scent Bella smells on the hunt and how does she react?
8. Who arrives with the Volturi and what is Irina's reaction when she sees her sisters?
9. Why do Alice and Edward lead Bella into the woods, covering her eyes?
10. What do the guests staying at the Cullen home feel the need to declare?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Edward and Jacob. 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 Bella and Jacob. 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 Breaking Dawn 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 2
Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Breaking Dawn and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Breaking Dawn is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes 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 Breaking Dawn is? Explain your response.
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