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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 does Zekeal take Kayla after seeing her at the location in question fifty-seven?

2. What neighbor of Kayla's is arrested?

3. What is the consequence of Amber's father's defective tattoo?

4. Why does Amber ask Kayla to come to where she is staying?

5. Where is Kayla when a plane flies overhead and drops bombs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Amber and her parents living in the Route Nine Motor Inn?

2. According to Ashley, what is the hospital doing?

3. What does Kayla learn Amber has done on the morning of Kayla's seventeenth birthday?

4. What does Kayla read about Louden Waters?

5. What vision does Kayla have when she is cleaning the blood stains from the bathtub?

6. What does Kayla watch happen next door on the evening of her seventeenth birthday?

7. What is Kayla reluctant to reveal about her tardiness to a meeting?

8. What is happening when Kayla arrives home from the mall?

9. What does Kayla ask the guidance counselor concerning his tattoo? What is his reply?

10. Kayla's mother finds Joseph Reed's file. What does the file say about his genetic code?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sometimes a book's plot is more character-driven than action-driven. Other times a book's plot is mostly action-driven. Some books seem to balance the two. Explain the difference between a character-driven and an action-driven book. Is The Bar Code Tattoo character-driven or action-driven? Use textual evidence to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a successful novel? Based upon your criteria, is The Bar Code Tattoo a successful novel. Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze one major theme of The Bar Code Tattoo. How is the theme expressed through symbolism? Characters' behaviors? Action?

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