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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. How does Guillermo act when Noah comes into the studio in Chapter Eight?

2. What had Noah’s mom mouthed to Noah before she left in Chapter Seven?

3. What does Noah do when he sees Brian with Courtney in Chapter Five?

4. What does Noah realize when he gets home with his dad in Chapter Five?

5. Why does Noah say he lied about their mom to Guillermo in Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jude find online about Brian in Chapter Six? How does she feel about this?

2. When Jude finds out about her mother’s actions in Chapter Eight, does she think it is right or wrong? Why does she think this?

3. What does Noah do when he sees his mom making out with the sculptor in Chapter Five? What does Noah’s mom tell him when she talks to him?

4. Why is Brian so upset about Noah’s mom catching him and Noah masturbating together in Chapter Five? What does he tell Noah?

5. What does Jude find out in Chapter Eight was her mother’s secret wish? Why had their mother not told them this before?

6. When his mom talks to him at the end of Chapter Five, what does Noah want to tell his mom? What does he do instead?

7. How had Jude’s mother grown up as said in Chapter Six? How had art become a part of her life?

8. What is Noah’s dad’s dream in Chapter Five? How does this dream come true?

9. What does Noah’s mom tell him when she catches him masturbating with Brian in Chapter Five? What does Noah say in response?

10. How does Jude decide to do to make things right with Noah in Chapter Six? What does she do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Invisible Museum? And What is the Book of Truth? Why do we find out what one is the beginning, while the other is revealed at the very end? What does this say about each character and their development? Write at least three pages with four examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

When Oscar opens up to Jude, she thinks, “I understand the quicksand of shame” (234). How is shame a quicksand for these two characters? And what pulls them out of the quicksand? Write three pages with at least four examples from the text.

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