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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 does Jacob say has recently changed in the novel’s Prologue?

2. What upsets Jacob when he opens what he found in the Home in Chapter 5?

3. What is something Uncle Oggie tells Jacob about the Home?

4. Where is the trunk that Jacob finds in Chapter 5?

5. For what does Jacob use his cell phone in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jacob's conversation with Miss Peregrine when they meet in Chapter 6.

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

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

4. What does Jacob say about how his elderly grandfather has deteriorated in Chapter 1?

5. What does Jacob convince his parents that he should do to help him recover from Abe's death?

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

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

8. What does Jacob say about his grandfather and a special school in the Prologue?

9. Where is Jacob when his grandfather calls him in Chapter 1 and what does the grandfather want?

10. How do Jacob and the other two children get to the Home and how does Emma act towards Jacob on the way?

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

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

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and your own live to support your opinion.

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