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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 Suzanne call Melanie's daughter(s)?
2. How does Katie know Matt is an outdoors man?
3. What do Matt and Katie do after dinner?
4. What of Matt's is Katie editing?
5. What message does Katie leave on Matt's answering machine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Katie imagine about Suzanne and Matt as she is sobbing?
2. How does Suzanne end up in the hospital?
3. How does Katie take comfort while dealing with her emotions?
4. Why is Suzanne writing to her son?
5. Where do Matt and Katie go the next day after working until noon?
6. Why does Michael end the relationship with Suzanne?
7. Describe Suzanne's meeting Jean.
8. What had Katie done on July 19th, and what had she received the same day?
9. What is Katie doing at the opening of the novel?
10. How does Suzanne describe meeting Matt in Picasso?
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 this story. Then 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 "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas". Consider the death of Mike as an random act of nature and the death of Luis as the result of conscious violence. Consider also in your answer the death of innocence in Rick from the beginning of the book to the end.
Essay Topic 2
"Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" belongs to the romance genre. Discuss the following:
1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the romance 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 romance and a historical novel?
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 James Patterson.
2. What in Patterson's background may have helped him in writing this book? 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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