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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 happens when Liam went shopping alone?
2. What does Liam want to do if he decides he does not have the confidence to transition?
3. What does Aly give Regan at school?
4. What does Regan realize she has to do concerning Luna?
5. Why does Regan lock herself in the girl's room at school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Regan think Chris feels towards her and what does she resolve to tell Chris?
2. What antic does Chris pull that has Regan's head spinning?
3. How does Aly respond when Luna asks to finish their game and what does Regan do?
4. Why is Aly distraught with Regan, and what does Regan worry about concerning Aly?
5. How does Regan find someone to babysit for her so she can go out with Chris?
6. What does Luna say when Luna wakes Regan the next morning?
7. What does Chris want as he sees Regan at school?
8. What happens when Liam tries to give Regan a ride to school on Monday morning?
9. Describe Regan's conversation with her father in the basement of their house.
10. What happens when Chris stops at his house to change clothes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At breakfast, the reader is introduced to Regan and Liam's parents. This introduction demonstrates the way Dad pressures Liam to fill gender role expectations and the fact that Mom seems somewhat disinterested in and detached from her children. Informing her family that she has to work late, Mom asks Regan to cook dinner, but since Regan is babysitting, Liam offers to do it, causing Dad to claim it is not Liam's job and to glare at Regan.
1. What are Liam's dad's suggestions to Liam that would seem to be pressure to fill Liam's expected gender roles? Use examples from your own life and Luna to support your answer.
2. Discuss the reasons Liam's mother seems to be detached and disinterested in her family. Use examples from your own life and "Luna" to support your answer.
3. Do you think if a boy does not like sports or a girl does not like to wear dresses forcing them into such behavior can change them? Why or why not?
4. Do you think Liam's father is concerned about Liam and this is why he is pressuring him or do you think the father's main concern is how Liam and by extension, the family appears to their peers? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and this story to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Characters are an important part of what makes "Luna" interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Liam. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Regan. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Mr. O'Neill. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
4. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Mrs. O'Neill. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "Luna". Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Peters chooses the symbols she does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Peters chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Peters's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Peters use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
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