View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity does Max undertake alone each Friday night?

2. The sight of what instrument in her old childhood home causes her to be "blindsided by a memory" (61) of her mother?

3. On what part of Girl's body does Max find evidence of ligature marks?

4. About how old does Ellie judge Girl to be when she spies her in the top of a tree in Chief Sealth City Park?

5. Who leads the first press conference in an attempt to discover Girl's identity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the violent encounter that occurs between Julia and Girl in Chapter 5.

2. Who is Amber and what had she done prior to the novel's opening?

3. How does the motif of dreams enter the narrative in Chapter 8?

4. Name two things the media is said to have ignored about Julia's situation.

5. What coping mechanism does Julia use to deal with the feelings evoked by seeing her ballerina music box in her childhood room?

6. What kinds of objects terrify Girl and how do Julia, Ellie, Peanut and Max address the problem when they move Girl to Ellie's house?

7. How does Ellie feel about hosting the press conference in Rain Valley?

8. In what way does Julia consider her mother to have been her closest ally in the family?

9. What does the piano symbolize within the narrative?

10. Name one theme depicted within the epigraph of Magic Hour.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hannah’s use of the motif of sound within the novel Magic Hour.

Essay Topic 2

Trace the characterization arc of Ellie’s character throughout the novel Magic Hour. Discuss whether Ellie is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.

Essay Topic 3

What message does Magic Hour send about the American media and how does this message connect to another theme within the text?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 963 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample