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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 is the narrator doing what he is doing?

2. How many games does Hannah have to miss because of her injury?

3. Who is Mr. Milbury?

4. About what does Tyler confront his father?

5. For what does Tyler give Yoda permission?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the result of Chip pushing Tyler?

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

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

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

8. What happens in Hannah's field hockey game and how does her dad respond?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of personal growth in Twisted. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth that are used in Twisted? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid? Which character(s) seems to demonstrate a growth in maturity or character by the end of Twisted? Refer to the text to support your ideas.

2. Trace and analyze the theme of personal power in Twisted. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess personal power? Why? Which characters come to have personal power by the end of the novel? Refer to the text to support your ideas.

3. What is the difference between personal power and aggression? Describe incidents in Twisted that reflect personal power and incidents that represent aggression.

4. Trace and analyze the theme of perseverance in Twisted. How did Tyler persevere? How did perseverance help him? How did perseverance occasionally turn into stubbornness and hurt Tyler?

Essay Topic 3

Characters are an important part of what makes Twisted interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Tyler. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? How does Anderson develop Tyler's character? Use specific examples from the text to support your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Bethany. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? How does Anderson develop Bethany's character? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Mr. Miller. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? How does Anderson develop Mr. Miller's character? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

4. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Mrs. MIller. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? How does Anderson develop Mrs. Miller's character? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

5. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Hannah. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? How does Anderson develop Hannah's character? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

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