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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 Ashley tell Kayla to do?

2. What is Zekeal's explanation for the email?

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

4. Where is Kayla Reed at the beginning of the novel?

5. What does Kayla search for in the warehouse district?

Short Essay Questions

1. What petition does Mfumbe ask Kayla and Amber to sign?

2. When Kayla arrives at his apartment, how does Zekeal explain what he is reading?

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

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

5. What are Amber's parents fighting about when Kayla arrives at their house?

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

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

8. Where does Zekeal take Kayla after they have been to the Lobo2MeClub?

9. What does Kayla learn about Zekeal when she is at his place and he is in the shower?

10. What happens when Kayla tries to access her father's files after her mother leaves? Who helps her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are three reasons for reading fiction? Discuss whether each of those reasons is satisfied by The Bar Code Tattoo. Justify your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes The Bar Code Tattoo interesting. Could the corporation named Global-1 be considered a character? Why or why not? Use examples from The Bar Code Tattoo to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Often, authors will write about "what they know." So, sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the book more interesting. Research Suzanne Weyn, the author of The Bar Code Tattoo. What events in Weyn's background may have helped her in writing The Bar Code Tattoo? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes? Give textual evidence for support.

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