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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 Claudia tell the nurse she is writing in Chapter 1?

2. Whom does Claudia meet when her Jeep breaks down?

3. Whom does the reader learn about in Chapter 2 that had a dog that did a special trick?

4. What embarrasses Sylvia in Chapter 3?

5. How many times in her life has Claudia prayed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sylvia feel about living in the U.S. for six months out of the year?

2. Which country will play a central role in Claudia's history of the world and why?

3. Discuss Claudia's popularity as a historical author. What makes her writing accounts different from all the others?

4. Discuss the argument between Claudia and Gordon at the end of Chapter 3.

5. What is the illness Claudia contracts in Chapter 7, and how is it transmitted?

6. Give an example from Chapter 6 that shows Claudia's inability to share true emotional intimacy.

7. As Claudia reflects, what does she recall about her argument with Jasper following Lisa's wedding?

8. Describe Jasper.

9. What is ironic about Lisa not telling her mother about her affair?

10. In Chapter 2, what stab at Jasper's character does Gordon take and why is it ironic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the conflict and the crisis in Moon Tiger. How are the conflict and crisis in the story different, and what are the similarities?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the mother-daughter relationship in Moon Tiger. Who are the mothers and daughters involved in this book? How do their mother-daughter relationships compare?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the difference between tone and mood in literature. How are the two related?

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