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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. Where does Sam work?

2. Who does Sam disagree with in the pack?

3. Does anyone hear Grace screaming?

4. What does Sam remember seeing?

5. What does the nurse ask Grace about Sam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grace describe wolves attacking her?

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

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

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

5. What happens one day when Grace thinks she hears Jack Culpepper screaming for help?

6. Describe Grace's encounter with Sam when she first caresses him in wolf form.

7. What happens that same night of her father's announcement when Grace is in her bedroom?

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

9. What does the nurse ask Grace when she takes Sam to the hospital?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Most fantasy novels, and in some sense, most novels, deal with the concept of good and evil. Discuss the following:

1. What are the forces allied with "good" in Grace's world, and what forces are allied with "evil"?

2. How does one distinguish good from evil? How is good distinguished from evil in Grace's world?

3.Is there a universal consensus on what constitutes good or evil? Why or why not?

4. Do you generally agree with the ideas of good and evil in "Shiver"? Why or why not?

5. What are several examples of good and evil in your culture? Do you agree with these ideas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Maggie Stiefvater.

2. What in Stiefvater's background may have helped him in writing "Shiver"? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

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