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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. Who, in Chapter Eight, is revealed as “Ralph”?
2. What does Noah’s dad talk about in the restaurant in Chapter Five?
3. How had Jude felt after her mother’s death as said in Chapter Six?
4. What does Noah say to his dad in Chapter Seven?
5. How does it feel to Noah to kiss Brian in Chapter Five?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Jude finds out about her mother’s actions in Chapter Eight, does she think it is right or wrong? Why does she think this?
2. Why in Chapter Six, does Noah tell Jude he has been jumping off cliffs? What does he say doing this allows him to do?
3. What does Noah tell his dad about his mom after the accident in Chapter Seven? What does he tell the sculptor, Guillermo?
4. When his mom talks to him at the end of Chapter Five, what does Noah want to tell his mom? What does he do instead?
5. Why is Brian so upset about Noah’s mom catching him and Noah masturbating together in Chapter Five? What does he tell Noah?
6. What happens when Oscar comes over to Jude’s house in Chapter Six? Why does he suddenly run out of the house?
7. What does Jude think as she runs to stop Noah from jumping off the cliff in Chapter Six? What does she do to Zephyr?
8. What does Noah see on the way back from the Wooden Bird in Chapter Five? What does he do?
9. What does Noah say when his dad asks about him dating in Chapter Five? Why does Noah say this?
10. How does Jude decide to do to make things right with Noah in Chapter Six? What does she do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
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?
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