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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 the note from Alex in Chapter 11 say?

2. Who is Lena's best friend?

3. What college is Lena going to?

4. What will Lena's evaluation in Chapter 2 determine?

5. What does 'the procedure' cure people of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the government's explanation of the cows that interrupted Lena's evaluation reveal to readers about the government?

2. What might Lena's reoccurring dream mean?

3. At the beginning of "Delirium", what does Lena believe happened to her mother?

4. What family secret involving her sister Rachel does Lena share at the beginning of Chapter 11?

5. What does Lena reveal at the end of Chapter 8 that she hopes for the procedure will do for her?

6. Describe Lena's second evaluation, and what is the outcome?

7. How did Lena become a runner?

8. As Lena's class graduates, what has happened to Willow Marks and her family? What does this suggest to readers?

9. How has Hana managed to find the illegal music she listens to?

10. What memories does Lena have of her mother, as detailed in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what a character foil is and provide the primary example of character foils within "Delirium". What happens to this set of character foils from the beginning of the book to the end, and why might the author have elected to do this?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which an author suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story. Describe at least three examples of foreshadowing in "Delirium". Why might the author have opted to use foreshadowing? What are the benefits and drawbacks of foreshadowing for the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Lena uses figurative language throughout the book. Referring to at least three specific examples of Lena using figurative language (an example of personification, metaphor, and simile) determine why the author may have chosen to give Lena this poetic tendency. What does it tell readers about Lena when she talks or thinks poetically?

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