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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 is a boy's mother wearing as they sit in a small living room in Carolina?
2. How far do Soot and his father have to drive to see Daddy Henry?
3. Where does Renny drive the Author?
4. Where does the Author say he worked before his life changed?
5. What word is on the wall of the office in midtown Manhattan where the Author talks about media training with Sharon?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is waiting for the Author in Renny's limousine, and why can Renny not see him?
2. How does the Author escape from a man who is chasing him at a hotel?
3. What are the Author's thoughts about his mother?
4. Why does the boy from the beginning of the book hate riding to school on the bus?
5. Where is a little boy at the beginning of the book and what is he doing?
6. Who was Daddy Henry and how often do Soot and his father visit him?
7. Where did the Author work before his book sold?
8. What does Sharon show Jack and the Author on her phone during the media training, and how long does it take them to understand what they are seeing?
9. What happens the last time that Soot ever sees Daddy Henry?
10. Since the Author's book tour in the Midwest, where has he been?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Soot becomes interested in stories. How and why does Soot become interested in stories? What does he realize about their power?
Essay Topic 2
The Author is a daydreamer. How are the Author’s daydreams different from other people’s daydreams? How and why do his daydreams and imagination cause him to struggle with reality?
Essay Topic 3
An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Hell of a Book? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Mott uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?
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