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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 did Mike ask Dru when he first started liking her?
2. What does Dru tell Elisa?
3. What does Diane proclaim Scooter and Elisa?
4. Why has Dru never been inside Mike's house?
5. What do Diane and Hopi do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Claire ask Dru about Diane?
2. What happens when and right after the twins jump?
3. Where do Dru and Mike go for a walk and why does this upset Elisa?
4. What does MIke tell Dru about Diane, Tom and Hopi?
5. What does Mike ask Dru out on the terrace, and what is her response?
6. What does Mike say to Elisa about his feelings towards her?
7. Where does everyone go from the celebration and what does Dru promise Elisa?
8. What does Dru say to Elisa about Scooter and what does she realize about Diane when she says it?
9. Where has Dru and her family been invited, how does her mother react to the invitation and how does Dru feel about it?
10. Who picks Dru up at Elisa's and how does she get ready to go to the party?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss "Jumping the Nail" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1, and judge if "Jumping the Nail" is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider "Jumping the Nail" a successful novel? What about young teens?
Essay Topic 2
There is now a second car and a second drowned girl under the water. They sink to the deepest part of the sea, where no one can find them except those who jump the Nail. Therefore, the jumpers will delve into the deepest part of their insecurities, causing them to be swallowed whole by their insecure motivations. "Jumping the Nail" will return someday because there will always be teenagers with insecurities who are easily influenced by their peers.
1. Discuss what you think is meant by the statement above. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think it is only insecure teens who succumb to peer pressure? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
3. Discuss, in depth, other reasons besides insecurity that a teen might decide to jump off the Nail. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "Jumping the Nail". Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Bunting chooses the symbols she does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Bunting chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Bunting's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Bunting use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme.)
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