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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 Margo have Q do at the first place they stop?

2. What does Q hope Margo chose him to do?

3. What does Margo have Q do with a camera?

4. Why did Lacey break up with Craig?

5. What does Ben suggest about the poem lines about a door?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Q and Ben take off the hinges of Margo's door and what do they find?

2. What does Margo ask Q when they are driving around, and where do they go?

3. What do Margo and Q do at the SunTrust Building?

4. What does the prologue say about miracles?

5. What does Margo do to wreck vengeance on Jase?

6. Who goes to see Ruthie and what does she let them do?

7. What do the three boys find in Margo's room?

8. What does Lacey want when she approaches Q at school?

9. What does Margo do to Lacey?

10. About what does Q fantasize concerning Margo as he is going through her room for clues, and what does he decide to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paper Towns belongs to the young adult mystery genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult mystery genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a young adult mystery and a historical novel?

Essay Topic 2

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think Paper Towns is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 3

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Quentin is no exception. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Quentin demonstrates his intelligence and his morals. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Quentin's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Quentin 's admirable traits makes him do what he does about finding Margo. Have his flaws impacted his life? How do his flaws influence his handling of the Margo mystery?

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