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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 kind of noise is made that summons everyone at the Fish Hatchery to the evening meal?
2. The boat worker tells Claire that the boat on which they travel is special due to what quality?
3. When Sophia reluctantly agrees to give Claire a tour of the Nurturing Center, what time does she say is approaching?
4. Once the maximum number of Newchildren is reached for the year, there are no more born until after what event?
5. How does the male Nurturer find out the name of Claire's son?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Sophia provide for parental units wanting to receive their assigned children once they are a little older, rather than when they are infants?
2. What sets the birth of Claire's Product apart from those of the other Birthmothers in her dormitory?
3. What is the consequence of Claire's Task being different from those of the other Birthmothers?
4. How does Claire feel about her work at the Fish Hatchery?
5. From what building does Claire avert her eyes on her walk from the Birthmother Dormitory to the Fish Hatchery, and why?
6. What does Claire realize during breakfast one day when she sees the other Fish Hatchery workers cleaning up their tables and getting ready to begin work?
7. What is Claire's son's comfort item and what had hers been during her childhood?
8. What are the elements of Claire's plan to find Sophia, her acquaintance who has a job at the Nurturing Center where Claire's son is being held, and how does it work out?
9. What criterion does Claire give regarding how the Fish Hatchery had been chosen as her workplace and how does the criterion differ from others who work at the Fish Hatchery alongside her?
10. What is the cause of Dimitri's disappointment at the results of the Ceremony?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the choice of an omniscient narrator to tell the story of Claire's life enabled the author to bridge the gap between Claire's life within the dystopian community and the world in which the reader lives and works.
Essay Topic 2
Like many other bildungsroman books and movies, Lois Lowry's novel Son presents the loss of innocence as a theme. Trace Claire's loss of innocence over the course of the novel's narrative. What is the author's purpose for depicting Claire's, as well as other characters', loss of innocence throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 3
The theme of power is one that comes up often within the novel's narrative, particularly in relation to the power wielded by the leaders of the community and their choice to control the actions of all community members. Other forms of power are present as well, such as the power Tall Andras assumes that he has over Claire upon her arrival within the village. Choose three instances when power is wielded by a particular character, organization, or group within the novel. Discuss how these instances help to shape the author's message regarding power.
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