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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 type of safe do Gwendy and Ryan have?
2. What year Morgan silver dollar does Gwendy see on her desk in Chapter 8?
3. In Chapter 2, what is the name of the guard scanning ID badges?
4. In Chapter 14, where is Ryan?
5. What type of home does Gwendy live in when she is in Washington?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Gwendy upset when she sees her mother talking to someone at the end of Chapter 30?
2. How has Gwendy's father decorated their Cape Cod for Christmas in Chapter 25?
3. What does Gwendy think of President Hamlin, and why does she avoid him?
4. In Chpater 32, what does Gwendy do after dropping her mother back home, and what does she hear and see?
5. What dream does Gwendy have in Chapter 19?
6. Who is Patsy Follett and what does she look like?
7. What does the button box look like?
8. In Chapter 29 as Gwendy considers the turmoil in Timor, what does she remember about an assignment Ryan was on in Brazil several years ago?
9. In Chapter 24, what does Gwendy do when she gets to her condo?
10. In Chapter 22, what thoughts does Gwendy have about her success?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Gwendy’s Magic Feather, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
Essay Topic 2
Ryan is a photojournalist. How and why is Ryan’s job so dangerous?
Essay Topic 3
Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?
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