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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. During a conversation with Ellie in Chapter 16, Julia realizes that she has taken what action without realizing it?

3. What does Julia admit to Max just before he kisses her for the first time?

4. Julia muses that she had always gained what element as a result of spending time with her mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What element of the car ride with Alice bothers Alice and what does Julia decide to do about the situation?

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

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

9. What does Ellie's choice of porch chair in Chapter 13 tell Julia about her state of mind?

10. What reason does Cal give when Ellie notices his rare sense of melancholy on the evening of Christmas day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Magic Hour from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Hannah’s novel Magic Hour. What message is Hannah sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

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