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

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

3. What is Grandma Sweetwine’s nickname for God as said in Chapter Two?

4. Who answers the door when Jude knocks on Guillermo’s studio for the second time in Chapter Two?

5. When had Grandma Sweetwine first started appearing to Jude as said in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Noah see at Brian’s going away party in Chapter Three that amazes him? How does he feel? Why does he feel this way?

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

4. Why does Jude decide to swear off of Oscar in Chapter Three? What does she find in his jacket at the end of the chapter?

5. How are Noah’s mom and dad described by Noah in Chapter One? What is his relationship to each of them?

6. What does Jude initially tell Guillermo she wants to sculpt in Chapter Three? Why does she want to sculpt this?

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

8. What does Sandy ask Jude in his office in Chapter Two? What does Jude say in response?

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

10. What does Oscar say happened with his mother’s death in Chapter Three? Why does he feel guilty about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The novel ends with the words:

“Take a (second or third or fourth) chance.

Remake the world" (371).

Choose two of the characters. How are they able to remake their world? What in themselves or in others allows them to have this second chance? Write three pages with four examples from the novel

Essay Topic 3

Grief held inside is shown to hold characters down so they can no longer do what they love or be who they are. What does the novel say must happen for grief to be released? Explore this through at least two characters in the novel and their journey to release their grief.

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