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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. Where do Noah and his dad go together in Chapter Five?

2. What did Grandma Sweetwine used to say about hearts as said in Chapter Eight?

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

4. What does Noah say to his dad in Chapter Seven?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Noah see when he walks away from the studio in Chapter Five? Why does this alarm him?

4. What does Noah see on the way back from the Wooden Bird in Chapter Five? What does he do?

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

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

8. What does Noah tell his dad about his mom after the accident in Chapter Seven? What does he tell the sculptor, Guillermo?

9. What does Jude tell Noah in Chapter Eight about how a person is made up after the truth is revealed?

10. What does Jude do to the statue of NoahandJude in Chapter Six? Why does she do this? How had Jude thought about her soul in comparison to how Noah had?

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

In the end of the novel, Guillermo suggests to Jude that perhaps her mother broke her clay creations in the beginning so they could meet one another (369). Jude had initially told Guillermo that her mother was breaking her bowls because her mother was mad at her (190). What does this reinterpretation say about assumptions? Connect your answer to this question to one other character’s journey in the novel. Provide at least three examples from the text.

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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