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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. When Ellie tells Julia that everything will be okay, Julia makes a reference to which character?

2. What is the verdict from the person who comes to conduct a home visit with Alice and Julia?

3. To what location does Alice go after she becomes separated from Julia?

4. In what way does Max react to the news of Alice's first uttered word in Julia's presence?

5. Julia reports in Chapter 13 that how many reporters had shown up to the latest press conference about Alice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Hannah’s novel Magic Hour. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from 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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