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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 lock herself in the girl's room at school?
2. What does Liam ask Regan if their father did while in the basement?
3. Where does Chris ask Regan to go with him on Saturday night?
4. What does Regan think she needs to explain to Chris?
5. What is Liam doing when Regan gets home from school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Luna's dad say to her?
2. What does her mother do when Luna comes into the kitchen on Saturday morning?
3. How does Regan think Chris feels towards her and what does she resolve to tell Chris?
4. What does Regan think about concerning her mother when Regan realizes she forgot her lunch money?
5. What does Luna say when Luna wakes Regan the next morning?
6. What does Regan find when she goes inside the Materas house?
7. Why is Regan furious at Luna?
8. What is Liam excited to show Regan when he gets home that nightA?
9. Describe the series of things that happen as Regan tries to get back to the Materas home.
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
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.
Essay Topic 2
1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in "Luna"? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in "Luna" including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from "Luna" and your own live to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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