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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 do after loading his father's gun?
2. Of what does Hannah reassure Tyler?
3. Where does Tyler stay after talking to his father?
4. Where does Tyler fall asleep the night of the homecoming game?
5. What do Yoda and Hannah analyze?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do Yoda and Tyler go after the batting cage, and what does Tyler do?
2. Why does Tyler walk to a party and what is it like when he arrives?
3. How does Hannah find out that Tyler is planning to leave home?
4. What does Tyler realize as he is contemplating suicide in his father's bedroom?
5. What does Tyler find when he arrives at school on the Monday after the party?
6. What does Tyler do when he finds Bethany, Chip, and Parker passed out?
7. What does Tyler tell his guidance counselor, and what is the counselor's response?
8. Why do the police come to Tyler's house, and what do they do?
9. What happens on Friday at school?
10. How does Bethany act towards Tyler and does he act chivalrous?
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
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 3
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.
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