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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 Oscar say his mother said about Jude in Chapter Three?

2. How does Guillermo say Oscar’s name as said in Chapter Three?

3. What does Jude think of Guillermo’s sculptures she finds in Google in Chapter Three?

4. Who does Jude meet outside Guillermo’s studio at the end of Chapter Three?

5. What does Noah call the girls that Jude hangs out with as said in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jude on a boy fast as said in Chapter Two? What does she do to keep up the boy fast?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Jude first is at CSA, she thinks of herself as non-artistic, thinking that Noah is the artistic one. Later, she finds her craft and also finds that her mother wanted to be an artist. Connect these two characters together. How does their courage to follow what they want allow them to create the life they want? Where do they find the courage to take each of these new journeys on? Write three pages with four examples from the novel.

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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