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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. Why is Jude surprised to hear about her sand sculptures from Sandy in Chapter Two?

2. What CSA class is shown in Chapter Two?

3. What makes Jude jealous as said in Chapter One?

4. What does Guillermo tell Jude about her portfolio in Chapter Three?

5. What does Oscar tell Jude after the drawing lesson in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Jude meet at the church on the way to Guillermo’s studio in Chapter Two? What happens?

2. What happens when Jude knocks each time on Guillermo’s studio in Chapter Two?

3. How does Jude get Guillermo to mentor her in Chapter Three?

4. What does Jude initially tell Guillermo she wants to sculpt in Chapter Three? Why does she want to sculpt this?

5. What is the “Invisible Museum” of Chapter One? How do we learn this?

6. What imagery does Noah use to describe each of his family’s souls in Chapter One?

7. What does Jude actually begin sculpting in Chapter Three? What does she think about as she sculpts this? Why does she stop sculpting this?

8. How do Noah and Brian become friends in Chapter Three? How does Noah think of Brian?

9. What does Jude find in Oscar’s room in Chapter Three? What is the prophecy about her?

10. What happens with the seven minutes to heaven game played at Brian’s going away party in Chapter Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jude says to Guillermo, “I’ve been thinking that you might be, I don’t know, maybe a little magical or something because in my sculpture textbook it talked all about those angels you used to carve as a kid, and it said you were believed to be enchanted, or possessed even” (160). How is this passage connected to the novel’s ideas of where art comes from? Write three pages with four supporting details.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Five, Noah’s mom compares him to his dad and tells him, “Jude and I have quite a bit of armor on us [...] It takes a lot to break through” (284). Noah has an antagonistic relationship with his dad for most of the novel, while Jude has an antagonistic relationship with her mom. What does each of the twin’s relationships with their parents, and how each of these relationships changes or is re-understood in the novel, say about family dynamics? Write at least three pages with four textual examples.

Essay Topic 3

Jude says at the end of the novel, “Love does as it undoes. It goes after, with equal tenacity: joy and heartbreak” (355). How is this morality of the novel shown in the characters' journey? Choose two characters and compare this morality to their lives and experiences. How do their experiences add up morally in the end? Write at least four pages with four examples from the novel.

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