View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wallace wake Mei up for in Part II?

2. What does Hugo say to Wallace at the very end of Chapter 10?

3. What happens when Wallace tries to change his clothes?

4. What happens to Wallace when he flees to the village?

5. What does Wallace ask Hugo that Hugo will not answer in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wallace think of the tea Hugo makes for him?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Hugo tell Wallace about how he became a ferryman?

3. Why is Mei delayed in bringing Wallace back to Charon's Crossing?

4. How do Mei and Hugo speak about the Manager?

5. What is Wallace's first experience with death?

6. What does Nelson tell Wallace in Chapter 9 that no one else knowsn?

7. What does Wallace think of the tea shop, Charon's Crossing, when he first sees it?

8. What does Wallace realize people really think of him at his own funeral?

9. What does Hugo tell Wallace about the reaper Hugo had before Mei when Wallace asks in Chapter 8?

10. How does Wallace die, and when does he realize he is dead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the nature of Nelson's relationship with his grandson, Hugo, including in your analysis a discussion of Nelson's reasons for delaying his passage to the afterlife.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think Klune means to represent with the characters who are "husks," especially Cameron, and their outcomes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In the Acknowledgements, Klune mentions that his editor told him to "decentralize" Wallace's story during the editing process of this book, and this advice made a huge difference in the book's direction. Write an essay explaining what you think this advice means, having read the entire story, and how it is manifested in the structure and plot of the novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 681 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample