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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes a toast to Travis during dinner in Chapter 14?
(a) Travis's sister.
(b) Travis's grandmother.
(c) Travis's mother.
(d) Travis's father.

2. What does Travis's mother suggest he get to hide his scar in Chapter 6?
(a) A bow-tie.
(b) A necklace.
(c) Makeup.
(d) Scarves.

3. Why do Travis and his parents wait before leaving the movie theater in Chapter 13?
(a) So that they won't have to pay.
(b) So that they won't run into Cate.
(c) So that they can leave the parking lot.
(d) So that they can discuss Travis's health.

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) "The Return."
(b) "Scar and All."
(c) "Welcome Back, Travis Coates."
(d) "Advanced Studies in Cranial Reanimation."

5. What word in Chapter 13 refers to being resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells?
(a) Caustic.
(b) Enabled.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Immune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the narrative refers to a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan?

2. Who is the doctor that proposes the idea of freezing Travis's head after his death?

3. What word from the narrative refers to the ability to receive or contain?

4. What month is it in the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What word from Chapter 14 refers to a speech or writing in praise for one who has died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What themes are developed in the subplot relating to Kyle's secret in the narrative?

2. What does Travis remark about scarves in Chapter 6?

3. What thoughts and actions does Travis describe in the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. What is the symbolic or metaphorical significance of Travis's experience at the movie theater in Chapter 13?

5. What memory does Travis have in flashback in Chapter 20?

6. What does Cate say to Travis when she calls him in Chapter 19?

7. What is the significance of the painting that Travis recalls in Chapter 8?

8. How is Travis's encounter with Cate described in Chapter 21?

9. Whom does Travis go to see in Chapter 11? What do they discuss?

10. How does the title of the book come into play in Chapter 7? Who uses this name?

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