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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 Jude tell Guillermo to convince him to take her as a student in Chapter Three?

2. What tattoo does Jude have on her stomach as said in Chapter Three?

3. What accent does the figure drawing model speak in Chapter Three?

4. What does Noah’s mom quote from Picasso in Chapter One?

5. What does Guillermo make Jude do to feel the experience of drawing more in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Grandma Sweetwine as described in Chapter One? What was her connection to the kids?

2. Why does Noah think his mom is blown in from the “other side” as said in Chapter One?

3. Why does Sandy tell Jude she got into CSA in Chapter Two? Why does this surprise Jude?

4. What had happened between Jude and Zephyr as said in Chapter Two? Why does Jude think this has brought bad luck on her family?

5. How do Noah and Brian become friends in Chapter Three? How does Noah think of Brian?

6. Why is Jude so adamant not to accept an orange from Oscar in Chapter Three? What does she do to return it?

7. What does Brian tell Noah when he follows him to CSA for the second time in Chapter Two? What does Noah think this means?

8. What does Guillermo tell Jude about drawing in Chapter Three as she draws Oscar? What does he have her do while she is learning?

9. How has Jude’s dad become after their mother’s death as said in Chapter Three?

10. What does Noah think about Brian’s when seeing him talking with the Hornet Girls in Chapter Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is grief shown as affecting Noah? How is it shown as affecting Jude? How is it shown as affecting their father? Write an exploratory essay showing how grief manifests in each of these characters. Include how their grief overlaps or how the grief of one character affects or is interpreted by another character. What sets the grief free for each of the characters? Write a summative claim about what the novel is showing about the experience of grief.

Essay Topic 2

I’ll Give You the Sun is narrated in two highly metaphorical voices with figurative language. Think back to previous lessons about the narration. How does the novel say what is thought becomes a reality? Choose one of the narrators and show how their narration and interpretation of the world shapes a world within a world. Write four pages with at least four example details.

Essay Topic 3

When Noah’s mom finds him and Brian, she tells him, “It takes a lot of courage to be true to yourself, true to your heart. You have always been very brave in that way and I pray you always will be. It’s your responsibility” (281). Use this quote to examine Noah’s growing relationship with Brian throughout the novel. What finally allows him to be brave enough to be honest with himself? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.

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