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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. How old is the boy on page 27?
2. During media training, how many microphones are in front of the Author when he has a mock interview with Jack?
3. How much is the price of the Author's room when he is at a hotel where he was chased by an angry husband and slept with a desk clerk?
4. What time does the media trainer finally show up for the Author's training?
5. When the Author was a teen, what would he eat on Friday and Saturday nights when he worked on his writing?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does the Author see waiting for him when he comes down the escalator at the airport on page 58?
2. How does the Author prove who he is when he needs to get his room key in the second chapter of the book?
3. What type of dress is the boy's mother wearing at the beginning of the book?
4. 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?
5. What happens when Soot's father hears him crying in the night?
6. What does the Author say about the book he has written?
7. Who was Daddy Henry and how often do Soot and his father visit him?
8. What is Renny's mood when he picks the Author up at the airport, and what does he say about the Author's book?
9. Who is Sharon?
10. How does William die?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Author is a daydreamer. How are the Author’s daydreams different from other people’s daydreams? How and why do his daydreams and imagination cause him to struggle with reality?
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
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Hell of a Book? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand characters?
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