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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. What kind of enclosure is used to hold the wolf?

2. What particular item within the truck upsets Alice the most?

3. What feeling does Julia take away from her conversation with Ellie near the end of Chapter 15?

4. In the excerpt of Julia's notes provided in the opening passages of Chapter 18, who is the sole subject of these notes?

5. Ellie believes that sooner or later, Julia will return to what location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What knowledge is described as "building in Julia, filling her lungs like a slow-growing case of pneumonia" (203)?

2. Compare Alice's feelings about Earl and Myra's house to her feelings about the church.

3. What prompts Julia to leave Max's house in Chapter 17?

4. What two words does Alice think in Chapter 20 upon becoming "lost in the sea of faces and bodies" (278)?

5. What does the narrator mean when describing Ellie as both happy and unhappy as a result of her reunion with Julia?

6. To what object does Alice object so strongly that Julia must throw it into the hallway in order to get Alice to calm down?

7. In what ways does Julia exhibit changes in her demeanor at the same time as Alice makes rapid progress?

8. Give an example of Alice's newfound expression of her personality.

9. What major step does Julia tell Ellie she is planning to take "the day after Christmas" (282)?

10. What hypothesis does Julia form about Alice's early childhood and why does she form it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of Cal's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Hannah in depicting Cal and include in your discussion the reasons that Hannah portrays Cal in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 2

What message does Hannah send within the pages of Magic Hour concerning the link between altruism and emotional health?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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