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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 Bella call her father behind his back?

2. Who drives Bella home after her birthday party?

3. Where does Edward break up with Bella?

4. Why are Bella's friends so surprised when she contributes to the conversation about people seeing bears out in the woods?

5. What does Edward's birthday kiss for Bella remind her of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is being sent back to live with her mother more than Bella can bear?

2. How does Bella end up injuring her arm during her birthday party?

3. What time period (past, present, or future) does the Preface take place in?

4. What special gift does Alice have?

5. Why does Bella become concerned about how Jacob responds to the flu that is going around?

6. What does Bella notice about Jacob when he takes his shirt off to stop her head wound from bleeding?

7. Why is Carlisle able to control himself around Bella when she is bleeding so heavily from her arm?

8. Before heading to Bella's birthday party, when does Edward confess to her that he considered suicide?

9. Why does Bella decide to confide in Charlie about her fears that Jacob may have been forced into a cult led by Sam?

10. How does Bella offer to prove to Jacob that she enjoys his company (after he finishes fixing up the motorcycles)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose at least 3 dreams that are described in _New Moon_ and analyze the symbolism and/or foreshadowing that is present in each dream.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Bella and Edward's craving and desire for each other. Make sure to address why the solution to their desire, while seemingly so simple, is indeed very complicated. Additionally, make sure to use quotations directly from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

What function does Bella hearing Edward's voice in her head serve in the text? What does it allow Meyer to do that she, as an author, may not otherwise be able to do within the novel?

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