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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. Who comes and interrupts Grace talking to Sam?
2. What does Grace choose for her next vehicle?
3. What does Grace hear after John and Olivia leave her house?
4. What might Sam have to do for Jack?
5. For how long after Grace's encounter with the wolf pack does she see the wolf that saved her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Grace say about a spot in the woods where she and Sam pass through, and how does Sam explain it?
2. What idea does Grace share with Olivia, and what is Olivia's response?
3. What happens that same night of her father's announcement when Grace is in her bedroom?
4. What does Grace's father announce when he comes home from work one night?
5. Why does Sam go into the woods to a shed?
6. What does Officer Koenig say about Jack Culpepper in Grace's life skills class?
7. What does Grace learn when she gets to school, and what does Sam remember about Christa?
8. What does Olivia show Grace when Grace is at the other girl's house, and how does Grace respond?
9. What happens one day when Grace thinks she hears Jack Culpepper screaming for help?
10. What does Sam say and not say to Grace about his life as a werewolf?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are a number of interesting questions raised by "Shiver". Questions that Stiefvater most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Stiefvater' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Stiefvater' probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Stiefvater and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Shiver". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in "Shiver". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of change in this book. Consider the change in Grace's lives and the other characters and the change from human to wolf and back.
Essay Topic 3
Most fantasy novels, and in some sense, most novels, deal with the concept of good and evil. Discuss the following:
1. What are the forces allied with "good" in Grace's world, and what forces are allied with "evil"?
2. How does one distinguish good from evil? How is good distinguished from evil in Grace's world?
3.Is there a universal consensus on what constitutes good or evil? Why or why not?
4. Do you generally agree with the ideas of good and evil in "Shiver"? Why or why not?
5. What are several examples of good and evil in your culture? Do you agree with these ideas? Why or why not?
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