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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 does Emma shove Jacob while they are in the Priest's Hole?

2. What does Jacob learn about "the Home" when he arrives on the island?

3. From where had Abe escaped the Nazis?

4. Who gives Jacob and his father directions to their inn?

5. What collection does Jacob's grandfather keep in the garage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Jacob run out of the Priest's Hole in Chapter 5? Who does he encounter, and what does she do?

5. 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?

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

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

8. What does Miss Peregrine say about ymbrynes?

9. What does Jacob find inside the old trunk?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Who has died a physical death? Were their deaths necessary to the story? Who has died a metaphorical death? In what way was the metaphorical death occurring?

Essay Topic 2

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the elements of the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not? Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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