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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. In Chapter 10, what vehicles are people driving who approach and attack Ruby and the others?

2. In Chapter 13, where does Liam get food?

3. What animal do Liam and Ruby see in a store they explore in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 6, where did Ruby used to live?

5. In Chapter 11, what book does Ruby discover that Chubs is reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Liam say that Zu's parents did?

2. In Chapter 11, who is Lady Jane?

3. In Chapter 15, what things are found for Zu at the Wal-Mart?

4. In Chapter 5, what sends Ruby back to the infirmary?

5. How do Ruby and the others escape a trap in Chapter 10?

6. In Chapter 8, why is one of the boys nicknamed Chubs?

7. In Chapter 1, what symptoms were parents to watch for in there children and notify the government if the symptoms manifested themselves in a child?

8. What does Zu do when boys point guns at Liam and Ruby in Chapter 14?

9. In the Prologue, how does Ruby react to the White Noise?

10. In Chapter 12, what does Zu dream?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ruby becomes a close part of the group that Liam, Chubs, and Zu have formed. What is revealed about being a team and teamwork through the relationship between the four of them?

Essay Topic 2

To be amoral is to not be concerned about whether behavior is right or wrong. What characters in the novel do things that seem to indicate that they do not care about right and wrong? What is revealed about the ability of power to corrupt through these characters’ actions?

Essay Topic 3

Both Liam and Ruby do whatever they can to protect others. In what way are Liam and Ruby self-sacrificing? How does Ruby sacrifice herself at the end of the novel to protect Liam and Chubs?

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