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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 trade for the portrait of the English guy in Chapter Three?

2. What happens when the bullies are ripping up a drawing of Noah and Jude in Chapter One?

3. Who does Sandy suggest that Jude work with in Chapter Two?

4. What does Oscar admit to Jude in Chapter Three?

5. What had Noah done after their mother’s death as said in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the students at CSA call Jude “Calamity Jane/Jude” as said in Chapter Two? Why is this nickname not Jude's fault?

3. What happens when Jude knocks each time on Guillermo’s studio in Chapter Two?

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

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

6. What happens with the seven minutes to heaven game played at Brian’s going away party in Chapter Three?

7. 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?

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

9. What happens when Zephyr and Fry attack Noah in Chapter One? Why do they let him go?

10. How is Jude’s relationship with her mother in Chapter Three? How is her relationship with Noah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jude says at the end of the novel, “Love does as it undoes. It goes after, with equal tenacity: joy and heartbreak” (355). How is this morality of the novel shown in the characters' journey? Choose two characters and compare this morality to their lives and experiences. How do their experiences add up morally in the end? Write at least four pages with four examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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