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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 is one story Abe tells Jacob?
2. What has changed since Jacob went in the tunnel?
3. What does Jacob notice about one of his grandfather's neighbors?
4. Who agrees to take Jacob to the Home?
5. What is another photograph Abe shows Jacob in the Prologue?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jacob convince his parents that he should do to help him recover from Abe's death?
2. What does Miss Peregrine say about ymbrynes?
3. What does Jacob first find during the exploration of the abandoned Home in Chapter 5?
4. What photographs does Abe show Jacob, and what does Jacob come to believe about Abe's stories?
5. What does Jacob watch out of the window of the Home in Chapter 6?
6. What does Jacob say about how his life has changed in the Prologue?
7. What motivates Jacob to run into the bog near the house in Chapter 5?
8. Describe Jacob's conversation with Miss Peregrine when they meet in Chapter 6.
9. Where do Ricky and Jacob find Abe and what does Abe tell Jacob?
10. What does Jacob say about how his elderly grandfather has deteriorated in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children a successful novel? What about young teens?
Essay Topic 2
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:
1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy genre.
2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.
3. What do you think is the difference between a fantasy and a historical novel mystery?
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Riggs chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Riggs chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Riggs's use (or lack) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deus ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Riggs use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, and theme).
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