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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 Noah do when Jude takes Brian into the closet for seven minutes of heaven in Chapter Three?

2. What is the name of the English man as said in Chapter Three?

3. What was the “Reign of the Ridiculous” as said in Chapter One (10)?

4. What does Jude think as she watches Noah jump off of Devil’s Drop in Chapter Two?

5. What does Jude look at in Sandy’s office in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Fry and Big Head interrupt Noah and Brian in the woods in Chapter Three? How does Brian deal with them?

2. How does Jude get Guillermo to mentor her in Chapter Three?

3. Who does Jude meet at the church on the way to Guillermo’s studio in Chapter Two? What happens?

4. What imagery does Noah use to describe each of his family’s souls in Chapter One?

5. What is Guillermo’s and Oscar’s relationship as said in Chapter Three? How did they come to meet?

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

7. What is the “Invisible Museum” of Chapter One? How do we learn this?

8. What does Sandy tell Jude about working in stone in Chapter Two? Why does Jude think is a sign about this?

9. Why does Jude go to Devil’s Drop in Chapter Two? What does she think about seeing Noah jump off Devil’s Drop?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, Guillermo tells Jude that Noah is the “ecstatic impulse” (368). What is the ecstatic impulse? Develop a definition through five different examples in the novel even if these use are not exactly used in that parts of the text. How is this impulse connected to both art and life?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

When Oscar opens up to Jude, she thinks, “I understand the quicksand of shame” (234). How is shame a quicksand for these two characters? And what pulls them out of the quicksand? Write three pages with at least four examples from the text.

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