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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 realize about his grandfather in Chapter 9?

2. Who meets Jacob and Emma as they come back through the cairn?

3. What is paradoxical to Jacob about the Home?

4. What does Emma keep trying to do?

5. What does Jacob realize about the murder in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the children's quest to reach the lighthouse island in Chapter 10.

2. What is wrong with Victor in Chapter 8 and what does his sister want Enoch to do about it?

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

4. What do the children do when Jacob arrives back at the home the next day in Chapter 7?

5. How does Jacob make his first monster kill?

6. Describe a couple of the children who Miss Peregrine introduces to Jacob in Chapter 6.

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

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

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

10. How is it apparent that there may be a budding romance between Jacob and Emma in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters of a story serve as its backbone. Characters can be protagonists, antagonists, foils, or anti-heroes. Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

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

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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