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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. In what way are Julia and Ellie related?

2. Julia fills one area of Alice's bedroom with how many potted plants?

3. How many dollars per hour is Julia said to make in her psychiatric practice?

4. How many "white-capped volcanoes" are said to stretch "from northern Oregon to Bellingham" (50)?

5. Both Ellie and Julia know "that the overwhelming number of child abductions" (94) are perpetrated in what way?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the outcome of Judge Myerson's decision regarding Julia's culpability for Amber's horrific acts?

2. What does the piano symbolize within the narrative?

3. In what way does Hannah connect the theme of secrecy to the nature of small towns?

4. Who are Cal and Peanut?

5. In what way does the theme of hope enter the narrative in relation to Julia's position as a psychiatrist?

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

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

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

9. What is elective mutism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What messages does Hannah send about hope and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Hannah’s focus on the theme of isolation in Magic Hour. What message is Hannah sending about being alone and how does this message intertwine with some other element of the text?

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