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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. Where has Jacob seen the view he sees from one end of the tunnel in Chapter 5?

2. Why does Jacob and Ricky's friendship end?

3. What does Miss Peregrine reveal to Jacob in Chapter 6?

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

5. Who agrees to take Jacob to the Home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the last leg of the journey to Cairnholm accomplished, and what do Jacob and his father see in the waters along the way?

4. How does Jacob get to his grandfather's house in Chapter 1, and what does he see along the way?

5. How does Jacob's father explain Abe's stories?

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

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

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

9. What photographs does Abe show Jacob, and what does Jacob come to believe about Abe's stories?

10. What does Jacob tell his father about his day in Chapter 3, and what is Jacob's father's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 1 contains the moment that divides Jacob's life into the Before and After to which he referred in the Prologue–the death of his grandfather, and Jacob's sighting of the face in the woods. Like most such Before and After moments, it marks the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another. It also marks the beginning of his journey into the truth, both of who his grandfather was and who Jacob actually is.

1. Why do you think it was necessary for Abe to die in order for this story to advance? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss how the death of Jacob's grandfather was an impetus for Jacob to begin maturing. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Jacob becomes almost desperate to learn the truth about his grandfather? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 5 one of the photos is that of a tunnel with a light coming from its mouth. This photo is particularly interesting, in that it has significant metaphoric value with a couple of possible, but related, meanings. On the one hand, a long dark tunnel is often evocative of both the human birth canal and the journey new beings take down it. Also, the "light at the end of the tunnel" is a phrase/image often used to evoke hope, or possibility. Finally, there is the evocation of death.

1. Do you think everyone who moves into a new phase in life goes from darkness into light? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why would shedding light on the secrets of Abe's life provide hope to Jacob? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Jacob's moving into a new life was precipitated by the death of someone he loved. Do you think all growth has to have some traumatic event to occur before growth can begin? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

There are a number of interesting questions raised by Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Consider and discuss the following questions that Riggs most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Riggs's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Riggs's probable agenda concerning that idea.

3. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

4. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

5. Research the life of Riggs and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

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