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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. Where is Travis in the Epilogue?

2. What is Matt the leader of at school?

3. What does Travis go to fetch to show Kyle and Hatton in Chapter 27?

4. Where does Hatton drop Travis off for his meeting with Cate in Chapter 33?

5. How many of the letters does Travis read in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chapter 26 stand in juxtaposition to the other chapters in the novel?

2. What does Travis learn from his father regarding his parents' divorce in Chapter 27?

3. What circumstances are noted when Cate leaves Travis's home in Chapter 27?

4. What is significant about the chapter title of Chapter 34?

5. What interaction do Travis and Kyle have in Part 6, Chapter 24 regarding Cate?

6. What is the memory that Travis relates in Chapter 26?

7. Where does Matt take Travis and Hatton in Chapter 29? Why?

8. What is Travis doing in the beginning of Chapter 35? Who is he with?

9. What transformation does Travis undergo in Chapter 35?

10. What does the conflict between Travis and Turner signify in the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Travis Coates as the protagonist of Noggin. How old is Travis? What are Travis's objectives, actions, and obstacles in the course of the story? How does Travis's character evolve as the plot progresses?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of Travis's ashes in Noggin. Where does Travis discover his ashes? How does he respond? What do Travis's friends make of the ashes? What becomes of them?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of obsession in Noggin. How is this theme manifested through Travis's character and his actions? How is the theme developed through symbolism and imagery?

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