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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 is on the phone when Noah picks up in Chapter Seven?

2. What does Noah realize when he gets home with his dad in Chapter Five?

3. What does Noah see at the Wooden Bird in Chapter Five?

4. Who stops Noah from jumping over the cliff in Chapter Six?

5. What had the twins' mother told them she was when she was younger, as said in Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Noah’s dad’s dream in Chapter Five? How does this dream come true?

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

3. What does Noah do when he sees the sculptor, Guillermo, in Chapter Seven? Why does Noah pull away from being comforted by the sculptor?

4. What does Jude do to the statue of NoahandJude in Chapter Six? Why does she do this? How had Jude thought about her soul in comparison to how Noah had?

5. What does Noah do when he sees his mom making out with the sculptor in Chapter Five? What does Noah’s mom tell him when she talks to him?

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

7. How had Jude’s mother grown up as said in Chapter Six? How had art become a part of her life?

8. What does Jude think as she runs to stop Noah from jumping off the cliff in Chapter Six? What does she do to Zephyr?

9. What does Noah see on the way back from the Wooden Bird in Chapter Five? What does he do?

10. Why in Chapter Six, does Noah tell Jude he has been jumping off cliffs? What does he say doing this allows him to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

I’ll Give You the Sun is narrated in two highly metaphorical voices with figurative language. Think back to previous lessons about the narration. How does the novel say what is thought becomes a reality? Choose one of the narrators and show how their narration and interpretation of the world shapes a world within a world. Write four pages with at least four example 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

At the end of the novel, Jude says to her mother’s presence, “Not just art, but life---magic” (353). What is the novel showing as the relationship between art and life? Use two characters narrative arc to support your claim. Write at least three pages with five supporting details.

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