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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 Liam say confidence does for a transsexual?

2. What does Aly give Regan at school?

3. What happens when Liam went shopping alone?

4. Why does Regan lock herself in the girl's room at school?

5. What happens on the way home from the rave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luna say when Luna wakes Regan the next morning?

2. What does Luna's dad say to her?

3. Who puts a note in Regan's locker and what does it say?

4. Why is Aly distraught with Regan, and what does Regan worry about concerning Aly?

5. What does Regan and Liam's mother do after Elise calls her Monday morning?

6. Why is Liam so happy the evening when he comes home from dinner with Teri Lynn?

7. What antic does Chris pull that has Regan's head spinning?

8. What is Liam excited to show Regan when he gets home that nightA?

9. What does Regan think about concerning her mother when Regan realizes she forgot her lunch money?

10. What does Regan do that gets her date with Chris off to a bad start?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Liam picks Regan up, he laments being forced to act like a boy; he cannot continue living this way as it depresses him and makes him suicidal. Regan hates school because she isolates herself as her way of coping. Liam is closed into his bedroom, listening to Dana International, and the music forces Regan to recall when she heard it and entered Liam's room to find an empty prescription bottle. She begged him to throw up, but he did not take them. He pleaded for her to help him, but she flushed the pills down the toilet and gave him her new nightgown.

1. What do you think Regan should do when Liam talks about suicide? Do you think she handles such events in the book well? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and Luna to support your answer.

2. Discuss the reasons Regan isolates herself from her peers besides the obvious one that she does not want anyone to know about Liam. These might include mental, emotional and physical reasons. Use examples from your own life and Luna to support your answer.

3. Do you think children should be pressured to participate in activities in which they are not interested? Why or why not? These activities might include sports, academic clubs, social clubs, church, and family events. Use examples from your own life and Luna to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Luna belongs to the young adult novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a young adult novel and a historical novel or mystery?

Essay Topic 3

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?

2. Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as "Luna" help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Luna? Why or why not.

3. Choose one specific incident in "Luna" to discuss and compare one of the characters' response to how you think you would respond.

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