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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. When does Bethany get to school on Monday?

2. What does Tyler learn about the police investigation into the posting of the nude pictures?

3. Why does Tyler feel he is in heaven?

4. What happens to Tyler's computer?

5. Who says Tyler runs away when things get tough?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hannah find out that Tyler is planning to leave home?

2. What does Tyler tell his guidance counselor, and what is the counselor's response?

3. What does Bethany invite Tyler to do a couple of weeks later?

4. How does Tyler feel about life when he wakes one morning, and what does he contemplate doing?

5. Where does Tyler first go to kill himself, and who helps him not to do it?

6. What happens when Tyler's father comes home the night of the homecoming game?

7. What transpires in the meeting with Tyler, the principal, and Tyler's mother?

8. How does Tyler feel after the party, and what does he do?

9. What does Tyler find when he arrives at school on the Monday after the party?

10. What happens when Tyler returns from the basement with the dictionary?

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

Characters are an integral and important part of a novel. Discuss the following:

1. Compare and contrast the characters of Tyler and Yoda. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare and contrast the characters of Hannah and Bethany. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character? What literary devices does the author use to draw a picture of each of these girls' personalities.

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Twisted help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which do you find to be unlikable or even despicable? Why? Be specific and give examples. Do you think you see these characters as the author would want you to? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Over the course of Twisted, Tyler grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. Twisted might be considered a slice of Tyler's larger "coming of age" story. It might be said that Twisted is a "bildungsroman" of Tyler Miller. Discuss the following:

1. Define bildungsroman/coming-of-age literature as a genre and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of Tyler as he changes from an angry, depressed boy to a wiser, more mature young man. What are the significant events that change Tyler?

3. Are there any other characters in Twisted who go through a coming-of-age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

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