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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. Why does Regan go to the Materas' house?

2. Why does Aly usually hang out at Liam and Regan's home?

3. What does Regan not understand about Liam's feelings concerning their father?

4. What is Regan doing in her dream when Luna wakes her?

5. What does Regan call Luna?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Regan feel guilty in chemistry class?

2. What happens before Liam and Regan get out of the car at the West Meadows Mall?

3. What does Aly remember about Liam's ninth birthday?

4. What do Regan and Liam discuss about their father?

5. What does Liam say he wants to do to himself and why does he feel this way?

6. How did Liam and Regan play as children?

7. What class is Regan anxious to get to that morning and what happens in the class that makes Regan feel great?

8. What are the consequences of Liam and Regan getting home late and how does Liam feel about the whole experience of going to the mall?

9. What does Regan tell Luna when s/he wakes Regan in the middle of the night and how does Luna feel about it?

10. What happens in the present that makes Regan think of a past incident?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Luna and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why "Luna" is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

4. Would you consider the ending of "Luna" to be a happy ending? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

At breakfast, the reader is introduced to Regan and Liam's parents. This introduction demonstrates the way Dad pressures Liam to fill gender role expectations and the fact that Mom seems somewhat disinterested in and detached from her children. Informing her family that she has to work late, Mom asks Regan to cook dinner, but since Regan is babysitting, Liam offers to do it, causing Dad to claim it is not Liam's job and to glare at Regan.

1. What are Liam's dad's suggestions to Liam that would seem to be pressure to fill Liam's expected gender roles? Use examples from your own life and Luna to support your answer.

2. Discuss the reasons Liam's mother seems to be detached and disinterested in her family. Use examples from your own life and "Luna" to support your answer.

3. Do you think if a boy does not like sports or a girl does not like to wear dresses forcing them into such behavior can change them? Why or why not?

4. Do you think Liam's father is concerned about Liam and this is why he is pressuring him or do you think the father's main concern is how Liam and by extension, the family appears to their peers? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and this story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Julie Anne Peters.

2. What in Peters' background may have helped her in writing "Luna"? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

4. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

5. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Peters' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Peters' probable agenda concerning that idea.

6. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface? Why or why not?

7. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author? Explain your answer with examples.

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