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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 Marcie Millar?

2. What does Patch act like after saving Nora?

3. How does Nora describe Patch's eyes?

4. Where does Nora find Vee?

5. Why does Vee give Nora a chastising look?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Nora is up to bat?

2. What does Dorothea tell Nora she is going to do?

3. How does Nora spend her evening after the change in biology?

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

5. Describe where Nora lives.

6. How do the students feel about the biology lesson in Chapter 1 and what does the coach say about it?

7. Who is the new person in Nora's PE class and what does he tell her and what does he do?

8. Why does Nora leave the others, how does she feel when she goes outside and what do she and Patch do?

9. How does Patch act when he sees Nora and what does he keep talking about?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Hush, Hush.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Hush, Hush. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Hush, Hush. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Most fantasy novels, and in some sense, most novels, deal with the concept of good and evil. Discuss the following:

1. What are the forces allied with "good" in Nora's world and what forces are allied with "evil"?

2. How does one distinguish good from evil? How is good distinguished from evil in Rand's world?

3.Is there a universal consensus on what constitutes good or evil? Why or why not?

4. Do you generally agree with the ideas of good and evil in Hush, Hush? Why or why not?

5. What are several examples of good and evil in your culture? Do you agree with these ideas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Hush, Hush is? Explain your response.

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