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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. Who is the most vocal complainer?

2. On what street is Nora's house?

3. Who is Marcie Millar?

4. Why does Elliot leave?

5. What does Patch act like after saving Nora?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Nora go to school, what does she find in the biology class in the first chapter and who does she sit with in that class?

2. Where do Nora, Vee, Elliot and Jules go, what does Jules do, who else is there and what does Vee talk about to Elliot?

3. Why does Patch take Nora home from the arcade?

4. What happens to Nora when she is driving home in Vee's car?

5. What does the coach decide the students need to do in biology class, how does he change the class and who is most vocal about the change?

6. What does Patch tell Nora when she calls him?

7. What happens when Nora is up to bat?

8. What happens when Nora and Patch get to her house?

9. How does Nora find out something about Elliot's past and what does she find out?

10. What wakes Nora in the middle of the night and what does she think about when it happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes Hush, Hush interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Patch. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Nora. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Vee. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or ideas that are not a part of the "real" world. In the case of Hush, Hush, much of the setting may seem familiar to the reader (i.e. there are woods, mountains, rivers, oceans, etc), though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of Hush, Hush that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Hush, Hush.

2. Define the words as used in in Hush, Hush's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Hush, Hush. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in Hush, Hush? What word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from Hush, Hush? Which ones?

Essay Topic 3

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Nora and Vee. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Patch and Jules. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Hush, Hush help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

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