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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 particular item within the truck upsets Alice the most?

2. At the end of the Chapter 12, Julia tells Alice that what element "is everything" (171)?

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

4. How does the advice-seeker respond to Julia's suggestions for getting closer to Alice?

5. To whom is Alice referring when the narration from her perspective describes a certain person as "Sun Hair" (165)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. For what reason does Julia accept Max's invitation to ride on the back of his motorcycle?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trace the characterization arc of Ellie’s character throughout the novel Magic Hour. Discuss whether Ellie is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.

Essay Topic 2

Write a critical essay about Magic Hour while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

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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