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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 item of Margo's does Q find at the mini-mall?

2. Where does Q find Lacey?

3. What does Q worry about as he is driving in the second hour of the trip?

4. Where does Q find blue painter's tape?

5. What does Q find on Saturday morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Q find when he searches the shelves again and what does he realize from that?

2. What do Q and Radar talk about after Q calls him from hanging up with Ben?

3. How does Q's dealing with the end of high school give him insight into Margo?

4. How does Q finally figure out where Margo is?

5. What does Q resolve to find on Saturday and how do Q and Radar use what they find?

6. What do Q and Lacey talk about in the bathroom?

7. What transpires in hours seven through eleven?

8. What does Q do at Holly Meadows?

9. What clue does Q try to figure out and track down?

10. What does Q do in the souvenir shop while waiting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paper Towns belongs to the young adult mystery genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult mystery 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 young adult mystery and a historical novel?

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Paper Towns? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Paper Towns including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Paper Towns and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Over the course of Paper Towns, Quentin grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. Paper Towns might be considered a slice of Quentin's larger story of his "coming of age." It might be said that Paper Towns is a "bildungsroman" of Quentin Jacobsen. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of Quentin as he changes from a more carefree, innocent boy to a wiser, young man. What are the significant events that change Quentin?

3. After thoroughly analyzing Quentin 's growth throughout Paper Towns, do you think Paper Towns could be considered Quentin 's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in Paper Towns who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

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