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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 Denise's response to what happened to Addie's flute.
2. Where is Hannah's home located?
3. What does Hannah ask Addie if Addie would like to do?
4. What does Addie tell Dwight and Hannah is wrong when they ask her?
5. What thrills Addie about what she hears Dwight say to Hannah?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Soula and Elliot give Addie for Christmas and what is Addie's response?
2. What business does Hannah have and how do the girls help Hannah in the business?
3. What does Addie's mommers say when she drives up and what is in the car?
4. What does Dwight tell Addie that Addie has mixed feelings about the news?
5. What does Grandio give Addie and how does she react?
6. Why does Addie back out of playing at the concert?
7. How does Addie "check out" Hannah?
8. Describe Addie's Christmas with her mother.
9. How does Hannah sum up her past to Addie?
10. Describe the conversation between Addie and Ms. Rivera.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Addie wants to dislike Hannah, but she can't. She thinks it is unfair that Hannah now has a connection with Dwight and the Littles, a connection that should be hers. She is happy that Dwight has found happiness, but is concerned about being left behind. Addie is also upset when Grandio makes unkind comments about her mother in front of Hannah. Seeing that Dwight, Hannah and the girls have a normal bedtime routine is strange for Addie. She is used to being the person in charge of the girls, which is her usual role in the family. It seems that Addie now has no role and she feels out of place. Hannah clearly tries to give her reassurance by allowing her to change Katie and by laughing about Brynna with her.
1. Discuss the reasons that Addie might want to dislike Hannah. Use examples from "Waiting for Normal" and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think Addie's feelings of being left out is normal? Why or why not? Use examples from "Waiting for Normal" and your own life to support your answer.
3. Discuss the ways in which Addie might be affected throughout her life by having to take on too much responsibility as such as young person. Use examples from "Waiting for Normal" and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "Waiting for Normal", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in "Waiting for Normal". (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Leslie Connor.
2. What in Connor's background may have helped her in writing "Waiting for Normal"? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
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