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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 are the bullies who attack Noah in Chapter One?

2. What does Jude find in Guillermo’s torn-apart studio room in Chapter Three?

3. Why does Noah think that he can keep their mom to himself in Chapter Three?

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

5. What does Noah think about when he hears his mom and dad yelling in Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sandy tell Jude she got into CSA in Chapter Two? Why does this surprise Jude?

2. What did Grandmother Sweetwine tell Noah and Jude when she read their palms as said in Chapter One? How does Noah see what she reads in Jude?

3. Why is Jude on a boy fast as said in Chapter Two? What does she do to keep up the boy fast?

4. Why do the students at CSA call Jude “Calamity Jane/Jude” as said in Chapter Two? Why is this nickname not Jude's fault?

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

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

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

8. What does Oscar say happened with his mother’s death in Chapter Three? Why does he feel guilty about it?

9. What happens when Fry and Big Head interrupt Noah and Brian in the woods in Chapter Three? How does Brian deal with them?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Noah’s mom finds him and Brian, she tells him, “It takes a lot of courage to be true to yourself, true to your heart. You have always been very brave in that way and I pray you always will be. It’s your responsibility” (281). Use this quote to examine Noah’s growing relationship with Brian throughout the novel. What finally allows him to be brave enough to be honest with himself? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.

Essay Topic 2

Think about the paragraph in Chapter Eight, where Jude speaks about how people are constantly accumulating different selves and are just “wobbly people poles” (354). How does this idea connect to how the novel is structured? Use at least three examples from the text to answer the question.

Essay Topic 3

When Jude first is at CSA, she thinks of herself as non-artistic, thinking that Noah is the artistic one. Later, she finds her craft and also finds that her mother wanted to be an artist. Connect these two characters together. How does their courage to follow what they want allow them to create the life they want? Where do they find the courage to take each of these new journeys on? Write three pages with four examples from the novel.

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