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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. On page 10, what is the Author wearing?
2. How tall is the lettering on the word that the Author notices in the office in midtown Manhattan?
3. What movie does the Author think of when he is riding up in the elevator to his room to prove to the desk clerk who he is?
4. What nervous habit does William have when he speaks that goes back to his childhood?
5. When the Author listens to Jack the media trainer and decides he is not a real person, what character in the Author's book is he reminded of?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does William die?
2. Who does the Author see waiting for him when he comes down the escalator at the airport on page 58?
3. What type of dress is the boy's mother wearing at the beginning of the book?
4. Who is Sharon?
5. How is the room set up for the Author's media training?
6. What does Jack tell the Author to not write about and why?
7. What happens the last time that Soot ever sees Daddy Henry?
8. Where did the Author work before his book sold?
9. What happens when Soot's father hears him crying in the night?
10. How does the Author prove who he is when he needs to get his room key in the second chapter of the book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A writer’s voice is his individual writing style. A writer’s message is what he has to say or share about a subject. What conflicting advice does the Author receive about his voice and his message in his writing? How does conflicting advice make him struggle and why?
Essay Topic 2
In Hell of a Book, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
Essay Topic 3
The Author has pleasant memories of things he did with his father. What type of relationship did the author and his father have?
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