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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. Where does Nora find Vee?

2. Who has Nora's keys.

3. What does Patch act like after saving Nora?

4. What does the coach decide that makes every one in the class gripe?

5. What does the boy have on his back?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vee end up with a broken arm?

2. What does Nora tell Elliot not to do and what does she do about Patch at the arcade?

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

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

5. What is Nora doing the next day in biology when coach is talking and what is she thinking about?

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

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

8. What is the assignment for the day in biology class?

9. How does Nora feel when she gets off the Archangel, what does Patch ask her and what is her response?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Becca Fitzpatrick.

2. What in Fitzpatrick's background may have helped him in writing Hush, Hush? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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