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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. In what town does Harry live?

2. What does Lisa call her mother?

3. What does the reader learn in Chapter 1 that Claudia and her brother collected on the beach as children?

4. Why did the person discussed in Chapter 2 stab at Claudia's crotch?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How old is Claudia when she becomes agnostic? What causes her decision?

2. What is ironic about the hippos Claudia and Tom see in the Cairo Zoo?

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

4. Describe Lisa. How is she like her mother?

5. What does Tom put inside the ring he gives Claudia in Chapter 8?

6. What is part of Jasper's attraction to Claudia?

7. Discuss Claudia's relationship with her roommate in Chapter 7.

8. In Chapter 8, how does Claudia juggle her work schedule when she spends time with Tom during his leave?

9. Discuss Claudia's thoughts on infants and young children. When was she most interested in her own daughter?

10. What is the first gift given to Claudia by Tom, and what does she do with it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a primary theme of Moon Tiger? How does the author present this theme? How does the theme develop throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the protagonist and antagonist in this story. In what ways are the two characters similar? What are their differences? What is the relationship of the protagonist and antagonist in this novel? How might the story have differed if another character was the antagonist? Select a character and write about the difference you would expect.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss war as a motif in Moon Tiger.

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