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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. Who does Jacob have to avoid after leaving Victor's room in Chapter 8?

2. Who kidnaps Miss Peregrine and Miss Avocet in Chapter 10?

3. What is one question the other children ask Miss Peregrine in Chapter 6?

4. Where does it appear that Golan is trapped in Chapter 10?

5. Who decides s/he is best equipped to make a sneak attack in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jacob's father react when Jacob returns and how do they settle their disagreement in Chapter 6?

2. What internal struggle does Jacob grapple with in the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. What news greets Jacob and Emma when they arrive back in 1940 in Chapter 10?

4. What does Jacob realize is true about his "peculiarity" in Chapter 9?

5. Why does Miss Avocet say she is at the Home in Chapter 9?

6. Why is Jacob's father almost drunk when Jacob returns to the Priest's Hole of his era?

7. How does Jacob end up finding some letters from Abe to Emma?

8. Why is Miss Peregrine angry with Jacob when he returns to the Home in Chapter 8?

9. What happens at dinner in Chapter 6 that causes Jacob sudden panic and how do the children react?

10. What strangeness does Jacob notice when he wakes in the morning in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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