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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 Tyler ask a doctor to help him do?
2. What does Hannah do for Tyler?
3. How does Tyler act while his mother is talking to the person in Question Eight?
4. What was Tyler's reputation at school in past years?
5. How many hours of homework does Tyler figure he has that night?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tyler say about what he dubs as "semi-nude" day?
2. Why happens when Tyler is called into Mr. Hughes' office in Chapter Thirty?
3. What is Tyler doing at the opening of Chapter 1?
4. Describe Tyler's visit to his probation officer in Chapter Thirty-one..
5. What is Tyler forced to wear for the Christmas photo shoot, and why does the session not happen?
6. About what do Tyler and Hannah disagree on the first day of school, and who wins the argument?
7. What does Tyler's mother make for the Milbury's, and how is Tyler to help her?
8. Describe why Tyler has to rescue Yoda in the boy's locker room.
9. How are Tyler's parents described?
10. What does Tyler do for dinner when he thinks he is alone, and what does he do when he notices his father is home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their occurrence in Twisted. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Anderson chooses the symbols she does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that could be used to portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Anderson chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss any other three literary devices Anderson uses in Twist and state which of the five major elements of fiction--style, character, plot, setting, theme--the literary device is related to. Describe where they occur in the story and how they add to or detract from the story and/or the passage in which they appear.
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 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?
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