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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. Where does Katie go after stopping at Matt's house?

2. What does Katie remember about one night when she and Matt were together?

3. Where do Suzanne, Matt and Nicky go for Matt's birthday?

4. Who is Suzanne riding in Matt's imagination as he and Nicky are chasing after her?

5. What does Katie do this time after closing the diary?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Katie remember about Matt as she is thinking about the diary?

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

4. How does Suzanne fare as the days go on and what does she do once day with Nicky?

5. What surprise does Matt arrange for the end of the wedding ceremony?

6. What is Katie learning from Suzanne's diary?

7. Describe the locket Matt gives Suzanne.

8. What questions does Katie ask as she is reading the diary?

9. What does Matt tell Nicky about the accident?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sometimes a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and sometimes it is the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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