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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 does Bryce order to drink at the diner in Chapter 21?

2. What does Neal slam down on the counter when he confronts Bryce in Chapter 21?

3. Of what material is Edward's suit made in Chapter 22?

4. What does Bryce help the old woman with in Chapter 16?

5. How do Edward's feelings about Lucy change in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Edward encounter in his dream in Chapter 22?

2. How does Edward become separated from Bull and Lucy?

3. Why and how is Edward prevented from departing in the dream in Chapter 22?

4. Why does Bryce leave his home with Edward in Chapter 19? Where does he go?

5. How is Bryce's home described?

6. What is different about Edward in his dream in Chapter 22?

7. Where does Bryce go to eat in Chapter 21? What does he order?

8. How do Bull, Lucy, and Edward travel? Where do they go?

9. Who is Lucius Clarke and what are Edward's perceptions of this character?

10. What does the old woman do with Edward in Chapter 15? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss three examples of irony in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. How is verbal irony employed in the narrative? What are examples of situational irony and dramatic irony? What character points out irony to Edward in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the conflict aboard the Queen Mary in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. What causes this conflict? Is the conflict resolved? If so, how? If not, what are the repercussions of the conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Pellagrina in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. How does Edward know Pellegrina? What are his perceptions of this character? How is Pellegrina significant to the plot of the story?

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