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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 does Jude meet outside Guillermo’s studio at the end of Chapter Three?

2. Why is Jude mad at Noah’s party in Chapter Three?

3. What does Jude do in the beginning of Chapter Two before her critique?

4. What does Guillermo say to Jude when she meets him in Chapter Two?

5. What does Brian say to Noah about the seven minutes to heaven game in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jude decide to swear off of Oscar in Chapter Three? What does she find in his jacket at the end of the chapter?

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

3. What does Sandy tell Jude about working in stone in Chapter Two? Why does Jude think is a sign about this?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What does Brian tell Noah when he follows him to CSA for the second time in Chapter Two? What does Noah think this means?

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

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

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

Grief held inside is shown to hold characters down so they can no longer do what they love or be who they are. What does the novel say must happen for grief to be released? Explore this through at least two characters in the novel and their journey to release their grief.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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