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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 type of story does the first-person narrator say that his story is?
2. What is a boy's mother wearing as they sit in a small living room in Carolina?
3. How many book festivals has the Author been to in New Orleans since meeting the Kid at breakfast?
4. After being chased by an angry husband, what does the Author show the front desk clerk to prove who he is?
5. What does the Author wear for media training?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Author prove who he is when he needs to get his room key in the second chapter of the book?
2. Who was Daddy Henry and how often do Soot and his father visit him?
3. Since the Author's book tour in the Midwest, where has he been?
4. What does Jack, the media trainer, say to the Author when they meet?
5. What is Renny's mood when he picks the Author up at the airport, and what does he say about the Author's book?
6. Who is waiting for the Author in Renny's limousine, and why can Renny not see him?
7. What does William want to say to his son about the world they live in?
8. How does the Author describe the skin of the kid who joins him for breakfast in the second chapter of the book?
9. How does the Author escape from a man who is chasing him at a hotel?
10. Where is a little boy at the beginning of the book and what is he doing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What are the settings in Hell of a Book? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?
Essay Topic 2
A bully is someone who picks on someone, often someone smaller or weaker. Who bullies Soot? How does Soot attempt to deal with the bullying? Why does no one stop the bullying?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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