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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 is the name of the town where Nora and Dan have a pub?

2. How many hours a day does Nora swim in "The Successful Life"?

3. What actor has Nora liked since she watched him play Plato in the Athenians?

4. How many views does a TD talk have that Nora gave about stamina in sport, training, and life?

5. At the end of "System Error," where does Nora want to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nora respond to Mrs. Elm's question about how she feels in "The Chessboard"?

2. Why are there no lives where Voltaire is still alive?

3. What does Nora realize after she learns that Voltaire had a heart condition?

4. Who is Mrs. Elm, and why does Nora like to spend time with her when she is in school?

5. What does Nora see when she goes inside the building she finds after trying to end her life?

6. What does Nora learn about her parents in "The Successful Life"?

7. What does the building look like where Nora finds herself at midnight after her decision to end her life?

8. At the end of "The Chessboard," what life does Nora wish to try next?

9. Why did Nora take the job at String Theory?

10. How did Nora learn of her father's death, and how did he die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood The Midnight Library, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections of the book?

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