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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. Julia asks Max to promise that someday he will tell her more about what subject?

3. What verbal reaction does Alice have when she sees the one particular object that terrifies her completely?

4. How many other women does Max claim to have soaked with in his hot tub?

5. Julia reports in Chapter 13 that how many reporters had shown up to the latest press conference about Alice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What hypothesis does Julia form about Alice's early childhood and why does she form it?

5. What common ground do Ellie and Julia find in Chapter 12?

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

7. What major step does Julia tell Ellie she is planning to take "the day after Christmas" (282)?

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

9. What evidence is there to support George Azelle's claim that Alice is actually his own daughter Brittany?

10. What two words does Alice think in Chapter 20 upon becoming "lost in the sea of faces and bodies" (278)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of Cal's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Hannah in depicting Cal and include in your discussion the reasons that Hannah portrays Cal in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Hannah’s novel Magic Hour. What message is Hannah sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

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

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