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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 shocks Jacob when he is looking at some papers from the trunk in Chapter 5?

2. What has changed since Jacob went in the tunnel?

3. Why does Abe go to a special school when he is young?

4. How is Jacob's mother described?

5. What does Jacob notice about one of his grandfather's neighbors?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the island when Jacob emerges from the tunnel in Chapter 5?

2. Describe Jacob's conversation with Martin Pagett's Uncle Oggie.

3. What do Jacob's parents do after the police artist ploy does not seem to help Jacob?

4. What does Jacob say about how his life has changed in the Prologue?

5. Where do Ricky and Jacob find Abe and what does Abe tell Jacob?

6. What motivates Jacob to run into the bog near the house in Chapter 5?

7. What does Jacob watch out of the window of the Home in Chapter 6?

8. What does Jacob tell his parents, the police, and Ricky about what he saw when his grandfather died? What is their response?

9. How does Jacob open the locked trunk he finds in Chapter 5?

10. What does Jacob first find during the exploration of the abandoned Home in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, end on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and whether or not it fulfills all three, two, or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, and stimulate thought? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Irony is a literary device that serves many purposes. Irony can be employed for comedic results or to develop tension in a story. Discuss the following:

1. How are dramatic, verbal, and situational irony defined?

2. What are examples of irony in the novel? What types of irony are these examples?

3. In the examples above, discuss the purpose of irony. Does this example create tension, evoke humor, etc.?

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