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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 does Nicky look at the entire time during his baptism?
2. What does Suzanne turn on in Nicky's bedroom just as the clock rolls over into the next day?
3. Who seems to Katie like a sane and happy family?
4. Why is Suzanne grateful that Nicky cannot talk?
5. What had Matt promised to Katie that he would do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why isn't Nicky with Matt and what does Matt wish?
2. What does Matt think about as he sits in Nicky's nursery?
3. What does Suzanne say about her and Matt's wedding?
4. What does Suzanne learn from her cardiologist on a check up?
5. What does Nicky wear to his baptism and how does he act during his baptism?
6. What happens when Katie sees Matt outside her office?
7. What does Matt tell Nicky as Matt sits in Nicky's room and what does Matt wish he had done?
8. What does Katie share with her parents and what is their reation?
9. What is Katie learning from Suzanne's diary?
10. What questions does Katie ask as she is reading the diary?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in this story. Then 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 "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas". Consider the death of Mike as an random act of nature and the death of Luis as the result of conscious violence. Consider also in your answer the death of innocence in Rick from the beginning of the book to the end.
Essay Topic 2
Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) 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 "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" 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, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
"Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" belongs to the romance genre. Discuss the following:
1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the romance 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 romance and a historical novel?
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