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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 surprise did Katie have for Matt that she never told him?
2. What time does Katie arrive home?
3. What does Matt's mother teach Matt?
4. What does Suzanne find when they go inside Matt's house?
5. When does Matt's father die?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do Matt and Katie go the next day after working until noon?
2. How does Suzanne end up in the hospital?
3. What does Katie do when she takes a break from reading Suzanne's diary?
4. What does Katie realize as she slams the diary shut and what does she need?
5. What do Katie and Matt do in the evening after go to the museums?
6. Describe what happens on July 18.
7. How does Suzanne change her life after Michael leaves her?
8. What has Katie admitted to herself about Suzanne?
9. What did Matt do for Katie during the month of June?
10. What had Katie done on July 19th, and what had she received the same day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Patterson is once again pulling all the emotional strings. Suzanne's heart attack gives her an enemy waiting to attack her life throughout the book. Heart disease can be fought but no one has a say when that heart will quit beating. Here she is a broken hearted heroine. With heart disease in her family, she has a target on that heart at all times. Next we have betrayal by the man she thought she loved. Betrayal of her body and then betrayal by her man.
1. Discuss reasons why Suzanne's heart attack would be considered an antagonist. Use examples from "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" and your own life to support your answer.
2. Discuss the metaphoric connotations that Suzanne's "heart is broken" might have following her heart attack. Use examples from "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" and your own life to support your answer.
3. Discuss the idea that one never knows when death will come and how that might be important in "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas". Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas".
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of this book. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 3
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 "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas", 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 "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas". (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?
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