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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. What does Jude do with the oranges Oscar leaves in her jacket in Chapter Three?

2. What happens to Jude’s art on display at critique in Chapter Two?

3. What are Oscar and Guillermo doing in the studio when Jude finds them together for the first time in Chapter Three?

4. What happens when Fry and Bighead ambush Noah and Brian in Chapter Three?

5. What does Noah tell Brian after the first meet and walk through the woods in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jude go to Devil’s Drop in Chapter Two? What does she think about seeing Noah jump off Devil’s Drop?

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

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

4. What does Noah do when Jude takes Brian into the closet for seven minutes of heaven in Chapter Three?

5. What does Noah think about Brian’s when seeing him talking with the Hornet Girls in Chapter Three?

6. What happens to Jude’s bookmarks on the computer about Guillermo in Chapter Three? What does Noah say about this?

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

8. Why does Noah think his mom is blown in from the “other side” as said in Chapter One?

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

10. What does Noah see at Brian’s going away party in Chapter Three that amazes him? How does he feel? Why does he feel this way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Destiny and fate are interwoven throughout the novel with prophecies, Ouija board predictions, intuition, and superstitions. Look at the end passage where Guillermo speaks to Jude about her mother breaking her bowls for so they could potentially meet (369). How is this philosophy of the novel shown in one character’s interaction with the world around them? Write at least four pages with at least three supporting details in addition to this passage.

Essay Topic 2

I’ll Give You the Sun is narrated in two highly metaphorical voices with figurative language. Think back to previous lessons about the narration. How does the novel say what is thought becomes a reality? Choose one of the narrators and show how their narration and interpretation of the world shapes a world within a world. Write four pages with at least four example details.

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the novel, Jude says to her mother’s presence, “Not just art, but life---magic” (353). What is the novel showing as the relationship between art and life? Use two characters narrative arc to support your claim. Write at least three pages with five supporting details.

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