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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 Liam want to do if he decides he does not have the confidence to transition?

2. What does Chris ask Regan about the guy who dropped her off?

3. What does Regan leave on Liam's treasure chest Saturday morning?

4. When does Chris ask to speak to Regan?

5. Why do Liam and Regan object to the basement being remodeled?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Regan think betrayed whom concerning Luna and Regan?

2. Who puts a note in Regan's locker and what does it say?

3. What does Regan do that gets her date with Chris off to a bad start?

4. How does Regan think Chris feels towards her and what does she resolve to tell Chris?

5. How does Aly respond when Luna asks to finish their game and what does Regan do?

6. Why is Regan furious at Luna?

7. What does Regan find when she goes inside the Materas house?

8. Describe Regan's conversation with her father in the basement of their house.

9. What does Chris want as he sees Regan at school?

10. What does Luna's dad say to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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).

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why? Use examples from your own life and "Luna" to support your answer.

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why? Use examples from your own life and "Luna" to support your answer.

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Use examples from your own life and the text to support your answer.

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and "Luna" to support your answer.

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain. Use examples from your own life and "Luna" to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

When Liam picks Regan up, he laments being forced to act like a boy; he cannot continue living this way as it depresses him and makes him suicidal. Regan hates school because she isolates herself as her way of coping. Liam is closed into his bedroom, listening to Dana International, and the music forces Regan to recall when she heard it and entered Liam's room to find an empty prescription bottle. She begged him to throw up, but he did not take them. He pleaded for her to help him, but she flushed the pills down the toilet and gave him her new nightgown.

1. What do you think Regan should do when Liam talks about suicide? Do you think she handles such events in the book well? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and Luna to support your answer.

2. Discuss the reasons Regan isolates herself from her peers besides the obvious one that she does not want anyone to know about Liam. These might include mental, emotional and physical reasons. Use examples from your own life and Luna to support your answer.

3. Do you think children should be pressured to participate in activities in which they are not interested? Why or why not? These activities might include sports, academic clubs, social clubs, church, and family events. Use examples from your own life and Luna to support your answer.

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