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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 Ginny tell Keith about Richard?
2. What brought Keith to Paris?
3. Where does Ginny find a key?
4. Who does Ginny email?
5. What do the people call Ginny when she joins them at the hostel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ginny find a key?
2. Who picks Ginny up in Copenhagen and where does he first take her?
3. What does Keith tell her when she sees him at the hostel and what do they do from there?
4. What does Ginny see with Knud and what happens there?
5. Where does Ginny go after Copenhagen and how does she end up with friends going with her?
6. What does the key fit and what does Ginny find there? What does she do next?
7. How does Ginny get to use the internet in Amsterdam and what does she do on it?
8. What does the group do when the leave the beach in Greece and what does Ginny do when she finds out she has no money?
9. What does Ginny do the first day with the Knapps?
10. How do Ginny and Carrie lose their backpacks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "13 Little Blue Envelopes".
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "13 Little Blue Envelopes". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of the story. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "13 Little Blue Envelopes", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement.) Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in "13 Little Blue Envelopes. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "13 Little Blue Envelopes". 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 Johnson chooses the symbols he 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 would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Johnson chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Johnson's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Johnson use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme.)
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