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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. Where does Nora Gray attend school?

2. What assignment does the coach hand out?

3. What does Nora know about Patch?

4. Where is the setting in the present day?

5. For what does Nora say Vee has a penchant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nora doing the next day in biology when coach is talking and what is she thinking about?

2. Describe where Nora lives.

3. What does Patch do when coach asks him what he looks for in a potential mate and what does Nora do after class?

4. Where do Nora, Vee, Elliot and Jules go, what does Jules do, who else is there and what does Vee talk about to Elliot?

5. What wakes Nora in the middle of the night and what does she think about when it happens?

6. Who is the new person in Nora's PE class and what does he tell her and what does he do?

7. How does Nora spend her evening after the change in biology?

8. How do the students feel about the biology lesson in Chapter 1 and what does the coach say about it?

9. What does Dorothea tell Nora she is going to do?

10. What does Nora tell Elliot not to do and what does she do about Patch at the arcade?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Hush, Hush based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Hush, Hush is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Hush, Hush a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or ideas that are not a part of the "real" world. In the case of Hush, Hush, much of the setting may seem familiar to the reader (i.e. there are woods, mountains, rivers, oceans, etc), though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of Hush, Hush that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Hush, Hush.

2. Define the words as used in in Hush, Hush's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Hush, Hush. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in Hush, Hush? What word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from Hush, Hush? Which ones?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Hush, Hush. 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 Fitzpatrick 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 Fitzpatrick chooses the metaphors she does?

3. Discuss Fitzpatrick's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Fitzpatrick 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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