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

2. Celebrations of what holiday are featured within Chapters 19 and 20?

3. What action taken by the media causes Ellie to think that they will soon drop all coverage of Alice's story?

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

5. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 19 to describe the changes in Alice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Julia sees Alice's progress as a continuum, rather than a journey with a fixed destination.

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

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

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

5. What evidence is there to support George Azelle's claim that Alice is actually his own daughter Brittany?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Magic Hour and what is Hannah’s message regarding these themes?

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