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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. How many "white-capped volcanoes" are said to stretch "from northern Oregon to Bellingham" (50)?
2. When Julia conducts research about feral children, she finds that the most recent case had involved a child referred to by what name?
3. What is the name of the local reporter who works for the Gazette?
4. What breed are Ellie's two ill-behaved dogs?
5. How many reporters are said to be "huddled on the courthouse steps" (3) as Julia approaches the side entrance?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the motif of dreams enter the narrative in Chapter 8?
2. Name two things the media is said to have ignored about Julia's situation.
3. What does Julia mean when she tells Max that Girl is "just like a cat" (81)?
4. 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?
5. How does Ellie feel about hosting the press conference in Rain Valley?
6. What coping mechanism does Julia use to deal with the feelings evoked by seeing her ballerina music box in her childhood room?
7. How does a maple tree figure into Chapter 3 and into the discovery of Girl?
8. What does the piano symbolize within the narrative?
9. What is the goal of the press conference held in Pine Valley in Chapter 6?
10. From whose perspective is the novel narrated when Chapter 1 opens?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Magic Hour send about the American media and how does this message connect to another theme within the text?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Hannah's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Magic Hour.
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