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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 say she wants?

2. What does Ulrick say of Sam?

3. What happens in chapter forty-one that is rare?

4. What does Sam hear when he is about to leave Mrs. Brisbane's studio?

5. Why is Grace disappointed in Olivia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sam think about in chapter thirty-one from three years earlier?

2. What questions does Isabel ask Sam and what are his answers?

3. What do Sam and Grace discuss as far as the wolf attack on Grace?

4. What does Ulrick say is the result of educating Sam and how does Beck respond?

5. What does Sam dream about in chapter thirty-three?

6. Why does Sam go to the post office and what does he realize from that trip?

7. What does Sam remember about Shelby and what happens when he enters the Brisbane's kitchen?

8. What does Isabel Culpepper tell Grace?

9. Describe the conversation between Grace, Sam and Rachel when Sam and Grace arrive at school.

10. What does Sam ask Grace about concerning Grace's parents, and what is Grace's answer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "Shiver". Questions that Stiefvater most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Stiefvater' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Stiefvater' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Stiefvater and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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