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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 does Regan do with her mom's phone?
2. Where does Regan find her father when she gets home from school?
3. What does Regan say is the reason she needs to go home early from the date with Chris?
4. What does Liam offer to do for Regan to help her out on Saturday?
5. Why does Regan tell Chris that she left school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Regan think Chris feels towards her and what does she resolve to tell Chris?
2. What happens when Regan confronts her mother?
3. Describe Regan's conversation with her father in the basement of their house.
4. How does Regan find someone to babysit for her so she can go out with Chris?
5. What does Luna say when Luna wakes Regan the next morning?
6. What does Luna's dad say to her?
7. What happens when Chris and Regan go outside the Rave and sit and talk?
8. Describe the incident that made Regan realize her brother was different?
9. What happens when Chris stops at his house to change clothes?
10. What does Regan think about concerning her mother when Regan realizes she forgot her lunch money?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Liam and Regan. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Luna help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
Essay Topic 2
Sometimes a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and sometimes it is the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think "Luna" is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Luna". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in the novel. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why? Which characters seemed to have acquired courage and how?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of self identity in "Luna". Consider the not only Liam's identification as being female but how Regan identifies herself both alone and in terms of being Liam's sister. How do Liam and Regan's self identity change from the beginning of "Luna" to the end?
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