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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 is wrong with Miss Peregrine in Chapter 10?

2. What does Jacob find when he returns to the Priest's Hole in Chapter 8?

3. What is the weather like the next day after Jacob returns to his time in Chapter 7?

4. Who is Miss Avocet?

5. Who sends Emma a photograph of a child named Susie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news greets Jacob and Emma when they arrive back in 1940 in Chapter 10?

2. What internal struggle does Jacob grapple with in the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. Why does Miss Avocet say she is at the Home in Chapter 9?

4. How does Jacob's father react when Jacob returns and how do they settle their disagreement in Chapter 6?

5. How does Jacob end up finding some letters from Abe to Emma?

6. How does Jacob make his first monster kill?

7. Who are several more of the children Jacob meets in Chapter 7?

8. What does Jacob realize is true about his "peculiarity" in Chapter 9?

9. Why do Jacob and Emma run desperately down the steps of the lighthouse and what do they see when they get outside?

10. What monster can enter loops? Who among the peculiars is killed in Chapter 9 and by what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, end on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and whether or not it fulfills all three, two, or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, and stimulate thought? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Jacob. 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 Emma. 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 Miss Peregrine. 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

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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