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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. Who calls to talk to Regan's mother on Monday morning?

2. What does Regan say is the reason she needs to go home early from the date with Chris?

3. Where does Chris ask Regan to go with him on Saturday night?

4. What does Liam want to do if he decides he does not have the confidence to transition?

5. What does Regan suddenly realize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Regan's conversation with her father in the basement of their house.

2. Describe the incident that made Regan realize her brother was different?

3. Who does Regan think betrayed whom concerning Luna and Regan?

4. What does Chris want as he sees Regan at school?

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

6. How does Aly respond when Luna asks to finish their game and what does Regan do?

7. How does Regan find someone to babysit for her so she can go out with Chris?

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

9. How does Regan think Chris feels towards her and what does she resolve to tell Chris?

10. What happens when Regan confronts her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Over the course of "Luna", Regan grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. "Luna" might be considered a slice of Regan's larger story of her "coming of age." It might be said that the book is a "bildungsroman" of Regan O'Neill's life. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of Regan as she changes from a more carefree, innocent girl to a wiser, young woman. What are the significant events that change Regan?

3. After thoroughly analyzing Regan's growth throughout "Luna", do you think "Luna" could be considered Regan's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in "Luna" who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Luna".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of the novel. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of the story. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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