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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 distracting Tyler from doing his homework?

2. What does Tyler hear Yoda doing after school?

3. Why is Yoda's driving less than perfect?

4. What dream does Tyler have when he is talking to his father?

5. Who is Mr. Milbury?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tyler do in retaliation for having to quit his job?

2. How are Tyler's parents described?

3. Where is Tyler's family going in Chapter three, and what does Tyler's father ask him to do?

4. How does Bethany's presence in Tyler's life make school bearable for him?

5. What does Bethany do in the cafeteria one day at lunch that makes Tyler glad to be alive?

6. Describe Tyler's visit to his probation officer in Chapter Thirty-one..

7. How do Tyler and Hannah get to school, and why is Yoda distracted driving the car?

8. What is the outcome of Tyler talking to his father about his academic schedule?

9. Why happens when Tyler is called into Mr. Hughes' office in Chapter Thirty?

10. Describe why Tyler has to rescue Yoda in the boy's locker room.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Twisted based upon the criteria you list in #1 and judge if Twisted is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if the novel is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Twisted a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

Often a book has a plot that more character driven than action driven, and often it is the other way around. Some books seem to balance the two types of plots. 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 Twisted is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre," and name and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the youth novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous. Give examples, if possible.

3. What do you think is the difference between a youth novel and an historical novel or a mystery? In your opinion, can a novel represent more than one genre?

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