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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. How does Gillian say she feels towards her boyfriend?

2. How do Sally's co-workers feel about her?

3. What aspects of life do Jet and Frances not involve themselves in concerning Sally and Gillian?

4. What does Sally do when everyone goes out?

5. What happens to Sally's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the girls compare to each other and why do they not play with any of the children in town?

2. How does Sally figure out that Kylie will never be normal?

3. What is Gillian receiving from Ben everyday and what does she think of that? How did she get to know him?

4. What does Gillian learn about Ben and how do the other women in town feel about him?

5. How does Antonia get to know Scott Morrison?

6. Where do Sally and Gillian go to live and why?

7. What has Sally been dreaming about having to do with Jimmy and how is she feeling towards Gillian and Kylie?

8. Why does Irene want the aunts to undo what they did for her and what do they do to her when they tell her they can't?

9. How old are Antonia and Kylie at the beginning of Premonitions and how do they get along?

10. Why is Kylie looking forward to her birthday and how does Antonia feel about being beautiful?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

"Practical Magic" belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the historical novel 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 science fiction novel and a fantasy novel?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Practical Magic is? Explain your response.

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