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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 does Tyler put something in the neighbor's garbage can?

2. What is Tyler's summer job?

3. What does Tyler have forty-eight hours to do?

4. What is distracting Tyler from doing his homework?

5. What have five JV football players done to Yoda?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Tyler's parents described?

3. What is Tyler doing at the opening of Chapter 1?

4. What does Tyler say about what he dubs as "semi-nude" day?

5. How does Tyler act when Bethany comes over to say hello to Tyler's mother?

6. What does Tyler do as a job during the summer, and how does that help him at times?

7. What does Tyler ask his mom to buy him, and what is her response?

8. How are other students viewing Tyler differently than in past years, and how does Hannah feel about the change?

9. What is the result of Chip pushing Tyler?

10. What does Tyler's mother make for the Milbury's, and how is Tyler to help her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Define protagonist. Who is/are the protagonist(s) in Twisted? Refer to the text to support your answer.

2. Define antagonist. Who is/are the antagonist(s) in Twisted? Refer to the text to support your answer.

3. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot of Twisted? Refer to the text to support your answer.

4. Are any of the characters in Twisted dispensable? If yes, identify the character(s) and explain why they are dispensable and why you think Anderson put them in despite their insignificance.

5. Do you think Twisted has a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Tyler finally decides to take control of his own life. First, he needs to work out some aggression in a positive way, rather than berating himself or attacking others. He goes to a batting cage.

1. Discuss reasons why you think Tyler has so much anger and aggression in him. Use examples from your own life and Twisted to support your answer.

2. Discuss various other ways Tyler could work out his aggression, besides hitting baseballs. Use examples from your own life and Twisted to support your answer.

3. Discuss, in depth, why Tyler's confrontation with Chip is healing for Tyler. Use examples Twisted to support your answer.

4. Do you think that, by the end of Twisted, Tyler has solved all his problems? Why or why not? Refer to Twist's text to support your answers.

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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