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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. Who is the first person Bella takes a picture of with the camera she got for her birthday?

2. What does Jacob tell Bella about why he has been so hard to reach?

3. What happens the first time Bella tries to ride her motorcycle?

4. What animals are local hikers surprised to hear are being found in the woods in Chapter 5?

5. By what time must Bella get to the clock tower in the novel's Preface?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Edward calls off their relationship, what does Bella notice is missing from her room?

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

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

4. What sensation does Bella get when she is back in her room after Edward calls of their relationship?

5. What impression does Bella get about her request of Carlisle to be made a vampire?

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

7. What remedy does Bella need for the injuries she gets during her first motorcycle ride?

8. What reason does Jacob give Bella about why they cannot be friends anymore?

9. Why does Bella struggle with telling Jacob that people are going to be out trying to hunt the wolves?

10. What anniversary does Bella think about when she starts to snap out of her funk after Edward leaves her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast 2 characters in _New Moon_ and their self-control -- or lack of self-control -- in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Choose 3 instances of foreshadowing in _New Moon_ and discuss 1) how Meyer foreshadows what is to come, 2) what Meyer foreshadows, and 3) when the thing that is being foreshadowed actually happens.

Essay Topic 3

Is the reader supposed to believe that Bella really hears Edward's voice in her head, or is the reader supposed to believe that Bella is hallucinating? Provide at least 3 examples and direct quotations from the text to support your position.

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