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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 milestone in their relationship do Max and Julia reach at the end of Chapter 23?

2. In the excerpt of Julia's notes provided in the opening passages of Chapter 18, who is the sole subject of these notes?

3. What action taken by the media causes Ellie to think that they will soon drop all coverage of Alice's story?

4. Which characters are riding in the police cruiser together at the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. Whose house does Julia take Alice to visit first as they make their Christmastime visits?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Ellie surprise Julia in Chapter 14 and how does Julia react to the surprise?

2. What triumph does Julia report to Max when she goes to visit him in Chapter 17?

3. For what reason does Julia accept Max's invitation to ride on the back of his motorcycle?

4. What prompts Julia to leave Max's house in Chapter 17?

5. Compare Alice's feelings about Earl and Myra's house to her feelings about the church.

6. What does the narrator mean when describing Ellie as both happy and unhappy as a result of her reunion with Julia?

7. What situation within Chapter 14 cause Max to feel real fear "for the first time in seven years" (189)?

8. What knowledge is described as "building in Julia, filling her lungs like a slow-growing case of pneumonia" (203)?

9. What had been the cause of the break-up between Julia and Philip?

10. In what ways does Julia exhibit changes in her demeanor at the same time as Alice makes rapid progress?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hannah's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Magic Hour.

Essay Topic 2

What message does Magic Hour send about the American media and how does this message connect to another theme within the text?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Hannah utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within Magic Hour and explore each instance's connection to a theme contained within the text.

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