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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 only food that Madeline is able to eat in "Readmitted"?

2. What does Carla say she may do for her next job in "Flowers for Algernon"?

3. How old was Madeline in the picture that her mother gives her in “Aloha Means Hello and Good-bye, Part 1”?

4. At what time is Olly and Madeline's flight to Hawaii set to depart in “Happy Already”?

5. Why is Madeline emotionally upset in “Aloha Means Hello and Good-bye, Part 1”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the chapters that are titled "Madeline's Dictionary"?

2. What is Dr. Chase's assessment of Madeline's condition in “Beginnings and Endings”?

3. How does Carla respond when she sees Madeline and Olly at her home? Why?

4. What does Carla observe outside the window when the truck is heard in “Reunion”?

5. How does Carla respond to the email Madeline shows her in “Identity”?

6. What sensations does Madeline experience when she awakens in “The End”?

7. How does Madeline go about convincing Olly to run away with her to Hawaii?

8. What purchases do Madeline and Olly make at the souvenir shop in “Remembrance of Things Past"?

9. How does Madeline's mother respond to the email Madeline presents to her in “Protection"?

10. What is the significance of the title of “After the Death Of”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Everything, Everything. Does the story develop in a linear pattern? Where in the novel does the exposition transform to rising action? Where is the climax? What is revealed in the falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of irony in Everything, Everything. What are examples of dramatic irony in the novel? What are examples of verbal irony? How does the author employ situational irony? What purpose does each example serve?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of symbolism in Everything, Everything. How is color used as a symbol in the novel? What important object stand out in the story and what do they represent to the characters and to the reader?

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