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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 Emma say is Jacob's talent?

2. How does Miss Peregrine react to the news about the murder in Chapter 10?

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

4. What does Jacob realize about his grandfather in Chapter 9?

5. Who is Miss Avocet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What monster can enter loops? Who among the peculiars is killed in Chapter 9 and by what?

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

3. Why do Jacob and Emma run desperately down the steps of the lighthouse and what do they see when they get outside?

4. What is Emma's reaction when she finds Jacob looking over the letters between her and Abe, and how does this confrontation make Jacob leery of Emma's advances?

5. Describe Jacob's second monster kill.

6. What news do Hugh and Fiona have for Jacob and Emma when the two return to the beach in Chapter 9?

7. Why are the townspeople in Jacob's time period upset when Jacob returns in the evening in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a fantasy and a historical novel mystery?

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