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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 ask Sam about changing into a wolf?

2. Who does Grace think she sees as she is leaving the hospital?

3. What does Grace decline to do with her mother?

4. What does Grace tell Isabel about Jack?

5. What does Grace ask Sam after her parents leave the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sam suddenly decide to leave the studio and what does he hear as he does so?

2. Why does Mrs. Brisbane warn Grace about staying away from Sam?

3. How does Sam become a werewolf?

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

5. Why does Grace have Sam stay seated on the couch when she hears her parents arriving,and how do her parents respond to Sam?

6. What does Sam recall about Beck and Shelby?

7. What does Sam say about the science or magic of a person becoming a wolf?

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

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

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

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Shiver, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement.) Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in "Shiver". (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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