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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 Henri sense about the Mogadorians?

2. What does Sarah say she and John should do together?

3. For what is Henri searching the Internet?

4. To what does Henri hope John will become increasingly resistant?

5. From where did the pamphlets come about aliens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John see in the vision facilitated by the Loric crystal?

2. What does Henri do when he observes John's hands when he picks him up at school?

3. What does Henri say to John when John goes outside to find Henri when Sarah is over there?

4. What do John and Sarah discuss in home economics class?

5. Why does John have difficulty blending in at his new school?

6. What does Henri tell John about his newly-emerged Legacy, and is John entirely successful in doing what Henri tells him?

7. Why does John go over to Sam's house and what happens there?

8. What does Henri decide to do before he and John go over to Sarah's house for Thanksgiving dinner and what happens to make John go on to Sarah's house alone?

9. What happens when Henri hands John a Loric crystal?

10. What happens when John goes inside the house where Henri is being held?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in I Am Number Four.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of I Am Number Four. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of I Am Number Four. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

John's third ring appears while he is out with friends on a boat, and it forces their immediate relocation. It was the longest they had stayed anywhere since arriving on Earth - nine months. Now, he burns his identification and begins again, this time calling himself John Smith. He lives with Henri, his Cêpan, and this move will take them to Paradise, Ohio. John knows he must blend in, which includes doing everything that normal fifteen year old boys must do. That includes going to school. Blending in is difficult at times and John's first day is one of those times.

1. Discuss how the circumstances of John's life, having to hide and move all the time, might affect him as a teenager. Use examples from your life and the book to support your answer.

2. Compare what you think might be John's feelings about being an alien from another planet with what you think might be the feelings of a human who has to move to another country because of persecution in his/her own country on earth. How would the situation be similar and different? Use examples from your life and the book to support your answer.

3. What do you think are some of the difficulties John might have blending in at school and how might those difficulties compare to a foreign student trying to fit in an American school? Use examples from your life and the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in I Am Number Four? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in I Am Number Four including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from I Am Number Four and your own live to support your opinion.

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