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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. Where did Renny go to college?
2. On page 10, what is the Author wearing?
3. When did Oprah's couch stop running?
4. When the Author is in San Francisco with Renny, how many radio spots does he have?
5. What is a boy's mother wearing as they sit in a small living room in Carolina?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the Author's thoughts about his mother?
2. What does Jack tell the Author to not write about and why?
3. Where is a little boy at the beginning of the book and what is he doing?
4. Who is Sharon?
5. Since the Author's book tour in the Midwest, where has he been?
6. How does the Author describe the skin of the kid who joins him for breakfast in the second chapter of the book?
7. What does Sharon show Jack and the Author on her phone during the media training, and how long does it take them to understand what they are seeing?
8. What does William want to say to his son about the world they live in?
9. How does William die?
10. Why does the boy from the beginning of the book hate riding to school on the bus?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Both the Author and Soot rely heavily upon imagination. Why do the Author and Soot rely heavily upon imagination? How does imagination serve as an escape and a survival mechanism for them?
Essay Topic 2
An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Hell of a Book? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Mott uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?
Essay Topic 3
The Author meets Nic Cage on a plane. Why is the Author excited to meet Nic Cage? What conversation do they have about knowing people? What do they conclude about what it means to know someone?
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