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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 is the first color that a dot changes to during an early DecNef session?

2. What day and month did Alyssa die?

3. Where do Theo and Robin live?

4. What jewelry would Aly wear when she lobbied at the Capitol?

5. What was the name of the family dog before Alyssa died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Robin decide he wants to stage a protest, and how does it go?

2. How was Theo able to go to college?

3. Why does Carl Stryker, Theo's colleague yell at him when he returns from vacation on page 43?

4. What is the tent like that Theo and Robin bring for their birthday camping trip, and who sets it up?

5. How does Robin feel about video games?

6. Why is Robin missing school at the beginning of the book?

7. What does Robin work on during his second DecNef session?

8. Where did Alyssa and Theo go when they finished their degrees?

9. How is Christmas at Aly's parents better than Thanksgiving?

10. Why has Theo never believed the diagnoses the doctors settled on his son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Robin changes after the neurofeedback training. How does Robin change after the training? Why is Theo uncomfortable with some of the changes?

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts characters face are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in Bewilderment? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story in Bewilderment take place? Are the settings simply a backdrop to the story and characters or do they take on the role of a character?

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