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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 work is Roy doing?

2. Why does Sandy want to do laundry?

3. Where does Carl start hanging out regularly?

4. Who does Arvin put in the hospital?

5. What does Arvin turn toward the wall in the motel room where he stays?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Carl take Sandy to teach her to shoot and how does the land owner almost lose his life?

2. Where does Carl start hanging out and what is his reaction one night to a conversation between two Republicans?

3. What are Roy and Theodore now doing?

4. Who do Carl and Sandy pick up after Roy and what does each person in the car think as they are riding?

5. Describe Teagardin's seduction of Lenora.

6. How does Carl prepare for his and Sandy's next hunt?

7. What does Pastor Sykes announce and what does he not tell his congregation?

8. What does Teagardin contemplate that night after the potluck dinner?

9. What does Arvin notice about the new pastor?

10. How does Lenora accidentally commit suicide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Maze belongs to the young adult novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to Gothic 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 Gothic novel and a fantasy?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "The Devil All the Time".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "The Devil All the Time". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "The Devil All the Time". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes 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 The Devil All the Time is? Explain your response.

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