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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. How does the trunk end up in the basement?

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

3. How does Jacob get to where his grandfather lives?

4. Where do Jacob and his father stay on the island?

5. What do Jacob, Emma, and Millard do after the cart leaves the village boundary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Miss Peregrine say about ymbrynes?

5. Describe the "help" Jacob gets from Dylan and Worm in finding the site of the former children's home.

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

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

8. What does Jacob find inside the old trunk?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Jacob and his father. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Emma and Miss Peregrine. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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