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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. What CSA class is shown in Chapter Two?

3. What does Brian say to Noah about the seven minutes to heaven game in Chapter Three?

4. Why had Jude stopped going to museums with Noah and their mom as said in Chapter Three?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Jude find in Oscar’s room in Chapter Three? What is the prophecy about her?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jude says to Guillermo, “I’ve been thinking that you might be, I don’t know, maybe a little magical or something because in my sculpture textbook it talked all about those angels you used to carve as a kid, and it said you were believed to be enchanted, or possessed even” (160). How is this passage connected to the novel’s ideas of where art comes from? Write three pages with four supporting details.

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

What is the Invisible Museum? And What is the Book of Truth? Why do we find out what one is the beginning, while the other is revealed at the very end? What does this say about each character and their development? Write at least three pages with four examples from the novel.

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