I'll Give You the Sun Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Jandy Nelson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

I'll Give You the Sun Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Jandy Nelson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 happened when Noah and Jude’s dad had taken them to Devil’s Drop as said in Chapter Three?

2. Why had Grandma Sweetwine given Jude her “Bible” as said in Chapter One?

3. What does Jude do to ward away feelings towards Oscar in Chapter Three?

4. When had Grandma Sweetwine first started appearing to Jude as said in Chapter Two?

5. What happens when Jude goes in Oscar’s room in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

6. What happens when Zephyr and Fry attack Noah in Chapter One? Why do they let him go?

7. 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?

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

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 2

Think back to the lesson on Noah and Jude being character foils. Write an essay comparing them as character foils. Answer the following questions: Why do they switch places from one to the other? How does the novel change the idea of what a character foil can be? Why does it do this? Write three pages with at least four examples from the novel.

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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