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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 Grace refuse to acknowledge?

2. What does Grace see out of her bedroom window the night after her father makes his announcement?

3. Where is Grace when the wolves grab her?

4. What does Grace's father tell her?

5. Why does Grace hate summers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sam go into the woods to a shed?

2. How does Grace describe wolves attacking her?

3. What pictures do Sam and Grace browse through and what does Sam say about them?

4. What does Sam say and not say to Grace about his life as a werewolf?

5. What does Grace learn when she gets to school, and what does Sam remember about Christa?

6. What confuses Sam about Grace having been bitten by a werewolf?

7. What does Grace realize about the wolves in the area, and why does she realize it?

8. What does Sam remember about the attack on Grace by the wolves?

9. What does Grace say about a spot in the woods where she and Sam pass through, and how does Sam explain it?

10. Why does Sam go to the Culpepper house and what does he notice there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "Shiver" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Shiver". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in "Shiver". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of change in this book. Consider the change in Grace's lives and the other characters and the change from human to wolf and back.

Essay Topic 3

Characters are an important part of what makes "Shiver" interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Sam. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Grace. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Olivia. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

4. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Isabel. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

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