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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. Where does Noah go the day after the funeral in Chapter Seven?

2. What does Brian do when he sees Noah again in Chapter Five?

3. Who does Jude find out had mailed pictures of her sand sculptures to CSA?

4. How had Jude felt after her mother’s death as said in Chapter Six?

5. What does Noah and Jude’s dad suggest in Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Guillermo say in Chapter Eight about Jude’s mother breaking her pottery? What does this make Jude think about destiny?

2. What does Noah see when he walks away from the studio in Chapter Five? Why does this alarm him?

3. How does Jude decide to do to make things right with Noah in Chapter Six? What does she do?

4. What does Jude find out in Chapter Eight was her mother’s secret wish? Why had their mother not told them this before?

5. What does Jude find online about Brian in Chapter Six? How does she feel about this?

6. What does Noah tell his dad about his mom after the accident in Chapter Seven? What does he tell the sculptor, Guillermo?

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. 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?

9. What does Noah’s mom tell him when she catches him masturbating with Brian in Chapter Five? What does Noah say in response?

10. Why is Brian so upset about Noah’s mom catching him and Noah masturbating together in Chapter Five? What does he tell Noah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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.

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