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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 relationship between Jenny and Grace?

2. Where does Alex say he's seen Lena and Hana before?

3. Who sometimes sleeps in bed with Lena?

4. Where is the illegal party Hana plans to attend located?

5. What is the date of Lena's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chapter 3 reveal as Lena's hobbies, and what do those hobbies say about Lena?

2. What role does love play in the society Lena lives in?

3. When Lena and Alex meet at the beach in Chapter 10, what does Lena tell Alex about her mother?

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

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

6. What will happen after Lena's evaluation?

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

8. What is Lena's evaluation in Chapter 4 interrupted by?

9. How do Lena and Hana differ, as seen by their behavior before the evaluation?

10. What does Lena's behavior in Chapter 6 suggest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Honesty versus dishonesty is a strong theme throughout "Delirium". Discuss how this theme percolates throughout the novel. In which situations is honest seen in? Where is dishonest prevalent?

Essay Topic 2

What role does Fear play in "Delirium"? Who feels fear and what are they afraid of? Who/what induces fear intentionally, and why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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