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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. Why is Suzanne grateful that Nicky cannot talk?
2. What does Matt tell Nicky?
3. What antique does Matt give Suzanne?
4. What had Suzanne done as she was leaving since her hands were full?
5. What picture had Suzanne had framed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Matt tell Nicky as Matt sits in Nicky's room and what does Matt wish he had done?
2. What surprise does Matt arrange for the end of the wedding ceremony?
3. What does Nicky wear to his baptism and how does he act during his baptism?
4. What happens when Katie sees Matt outside her office?
5. What does Katie do one night for her friends the Browns?
6. Where does Katie encounter Melanie and what does Melanie tell Nicky?
7. What does Suzanne learn from her cardiologist on a check up?
8. What is Katie learning from Suzanne's diary?
9. What happens after Suzanne is admitted to the hospital?
10. What does Matt think about as he sits in Nicky's nursery?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if it is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" a successful novel? What about young teens?
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
Characters are an important part of what makes "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Rick. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Mrs. Fisher. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Erik. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
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