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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 new skill does Julia NOT name as one developed by Alice when she gives the press conference in Chapter 15?

2. How does Ellie respond in Chapter 14 when Julia names a particular family member's words of comfort?

3. Julia asks Max to promise that someday he will tell her more about what subject?

4. Around what topic do Ellie and Julia finally find common ground in Chapter 12?

5. Julia reflects upon the fact that Ellie had always drawn strength from which character?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ellie try to cheer up Cal's daughters on Christmas evening?

2. In what way does Ellie surprise Julia in Chapter 14 and how does Julia react to the surprise?

3. What had been the cause of the break-up between Julia and Philip?

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

5. What common ground do Ellie and Julia find in Chapter 12?

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. What situation within Chapter 14 cause Max to feel real fear "for the first time in seven years" (189)?

8. What triumph does Julia report to Max when she goes to visit him in Chapter 17?

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

10. What is revealed to be the reason behind Alice's fear of making noise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Magic Hour and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Hannah's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Magic Hour.

Essay Topic 3

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

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