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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 did the Author's father die?
2. What is the name of the minister people question about William's death?
3. What is the name of a flight attendant from Tulsa?
4. What is the name of the funeral parlor where Kelly works?
5. What does the Author hear before he stands to speak in the Bolton Town Hall?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens one night after Paul and Soot are target practicing in the woods?
2. What does Soot see and feel when his father dies?
3. What do the Author and Kelly talk about a long-distance relationship?
4. Why does Kelly go out with the Author?
5. Why did the Author never fit in Bolton?
6. What does the Author do after Kelly?
7. How did Kelly decide to become an undertaker?
8. What does a minister tell the people of Bolton who gathered to hear the Author?
9. How does Soot's mother punish him and why?
10. How does watching Kelly work affect the Author, and why does he leave suddenly?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Author reverts to his usual behavior after seeing Kelly. Why does the Author revert to his usual behavior after seeing Kelly? What does his reliance upon routines reveal about him and being a creature of habit?
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
Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does Mott use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?
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