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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. Who will Colin and Hassan interview next?
2. What is in the place that Hollis goes to after visiting the factory?
3. Who does Colin and Hassan find as they are walking through the graveyard?
4. What does Lindsey's boyfriend do?
5. Where does Hollis tell Hassan and Colin Lindsey is spending the night?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Hollis' long-plan for keeping the factory going and the town in operation?
2. What do Lindsey and Colin drink in the cave?
3. What has Colin figured out about the supposed Archduke's grave and what is Lindsey's response?
4. What conversation do Lindsey and Colin overhear when they arrive home?
5. What happens in the interview with Ms. Mabel?
6. How does Hollis explain Roy's actions with the bulldozer?
7. What does Hassan say some of the teens plan to do during the upcoming weekend.
8. What stories does Colin tell Lindsey and what do they do before leaving the cave?
9. What does Colin continue to work on and how is it going?
10. Where does Colin say he is going and where does he actually go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "An Abundance of Katherines".
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "An Abundance of Katherines". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "An Abundance of Katherines". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 2
Ironically, Colin is a genius, but he is lacking in common sense. For example, he can read the story about the tortoise and the hare, but he does not see the underlying meaning of the story. In another twist of irony, Colin is a genius but he is not socially advanced, so when he starts school, the other kids do not like him, bully him and think he is strange.
1. Discuss reasons it might be ironic that Colin is so smart academically but has no common sense. Use examples from your own life and "An Abundance of Katherines" to support your answer.
2. Discuss ways and events in "An Abundance of Katherines" that demonstrate Colin has few social skills. Use examples from your own life and this story to support your answer.
3. Do you think must geniuses are socially inept? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and "An Abundance of Katherines" to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
"An Abundance of Katherines" belongs to the young adult novel genre. Discuss the following:
1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult novel genre.
2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.
3. What do you think is the difference between a young adult novel and a historical novel or mystery?
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