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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. Which character is sent by Ellie to the diner to fetch a hot meal that may lure Girl out of the maple tree?

2. The first room in which Girl is placed had previously served as what kind of facility?

3. Which relative of Ellie's had been the police chief in Rain Valley for three decades?

4. What action does Alice take the first time she sees herself in a mirror?

5. When Julia conducts research about feral children, she finds that the most recent case had involved a child referred to by what name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shift in narration occurs between Chapters 1 and 2?

2. What is the goal of the press conference held in Pine Valley in Chapter 6?

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

4. From whose perspective is the novel narrated when Chapter 1 opens?

5. What aspect of Max's character does Julia admit to being seduced by at the end of Chapter 11?

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. What does Julia mean when she tells Max that Girl is "just like a cat" (81)?

8. Who are Cal and Peanut?

9. What does the piano symbolize within the narrative?

10. How does a maple tree figure into Chapter 3 and into the discovery of Girl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does Hannah utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within Magic Hour and explore each instance's connection to a theme contained within the text.

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Hannah in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Magic Hour. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Hannah’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Magic Hour and one of the novel's main messages. How does Hannah make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one of the text’s main themes?

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