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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. Who has drawn Kylie's name for the "meet-your-campmate" hour at the opening of Chapter 29?

2. Who comes to Kylie's room shortly after the ghost soldier disappears and reappears?

3. What does Kylie say to her mother that she knows about her father?

4. Who does Kylie hear coming towards her and Lucas at the creek?

5. What does Holiday ask Kylie if she is accepting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Kylie agree to go with Lucas?

2. What does Kylie think the soldier in her vision wants from Kylie?

3. What happens during the fight at the refuge and who breaks it up?

4. What does Kylie observe about her father when she is in town and what does she realize from this?

5. Why does Derek go back into Kylie's room after Burnett arrives?

6. What are the circumstances that lead to Kylie's first "adult" kiss?

7. What does Kylie ask her mother in an email?

8. How do Kylie and Della scare the wits out of Perry?

9. What happens when Kylie calls her father about parents' day?

10. Why does Kylie's grandmother have to summon Holiday to help Kylie rather than Daniel doing so directly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of C. C. Hunter.

2. What in Hunter's background may have helped her in writing Born at Midnight? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

4. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

5. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Hunter's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Hunter's probable agenda concerning that idea.

6. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface? Why or why not?

7. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author? Explain your answer with examples.

Essay Topic 2

As Kylie begins to accept her situation, it occurs to her that she'll have to lie to almost everyone that she knows. She knows she won't be able to tell her friends she has supernatural powers or that she knows people who are witches and vampires. Kylie is frightened by the idea that she's very near a great many supernaturals, including vampires. She is particularly disturbed by the idea of vampires drinking blood and that will later be something she has to overcome when she becomes friends with a vampire.

1. Discuss the reasons Kylie is beginning to accept her situation as she is getting to know the other campers at Shadow Falls. Use examples from your own life and "Born at Midnight" to support your answer.

2. Discuss the ways in which Kylie's life will change once she accepts her supernatural powers. Use examples from your own life and "Born at Midnight" to support your answer.

3. Do you think it is reasonable for Kylie to feel frightened around some of the other campers? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "Born at Midnight". 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 Hunter 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 Hunter chooses the metaphors she does?

3. Discuss Hunter'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 Hunter 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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