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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. How many weeks total do Matt and Suzanne honeymoon?

2. Where does Suzanne take Nicky one day while Matt is in the city?

3. What does Melanie tell Katie?

4. What question does Katie wonder?

5. Who does Katie see on the sidewalk one day as she looks out her window?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nicky wear to his baptism and how does he act during his baptism?

2. What does Matt tell Nicky as Matt sits in Nicky's room and what does Matt wish he had done?

3. Why does Katie go to the Vineyard and what does she think about on the way there?

4. Who goes with Katie to the gynecologist's appointment, and how is Katie feeling as she waits to get in to see the doctor?

5. What does Katie share with her parents and what is their reation?

6. What happens when Katie sees Matt outside her office?

7. What does Matt announce one day before daylight and what do they do?

8. What does Katie do one night for her friends the Browns?

9. Describe the locket Matt gives Suzanne.

10. Where do Matt and Susan have their honeymoon and what does Matt bring Suzanne every day during the honeymoon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas". Questions that Patterson 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 Patterson' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Patterson' 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 Patterson and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

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

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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