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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 is the girl on the moon with?
2. What does Titus think of the girl by the end of 'The Nose Grid'?
3. What word does the girl use that no one understands?
4. Where does everything from the feed go?
5. What word does the feed suggest for Violet's spine?
Short Essay Questions
1. Violet is supposing, in 'Normal', that things will be different, because they have been through something dramatic. Do you think most teenagers would change after something like this?
2. Why is Titus so lonely?
3. Describe why the girls help Quendy with her hair, and why Titus finds this important.
4. What does Violet imply when she notes that Titus is the only one of his group that is able to use metaphors?
5. What does the text of 'Awake' indicate about how much the teenagers rely on the feed?
6. Explain the girl's theory of the face grid.
7. Titus reflects that, without the feed, their "heads felt real empty" (pg. 46). What is your response?
8. Already in the story to this point, it is clear that Titus and Violet are beginning to have a relationship. Describe how the author has already implied this in the novel.
9. Why does Titus claim the moon is boring and 'sucky'?
10. Explain the protests about the moon.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Feed" has been labeled by some as an ironic satire. How does the author use satire to make points in the novel? How does he use irony? Do you feel this method is successful, in this case? Why or why not? Overall, what do you think Anderson is saying about our relationship to technology, media, and consumerism? Does his use of satire allow this point to be made convincingly? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
In the novel, there are several examples of teenage relationships. Choose one of the following pairs, and analyze the relationship. Is it a friendship, or a romance, or both? What is the relationship based on? Is it mutual, or primarily one sided? Do you think it is indicative of modern teenage relationship? Why or why not?
1. Violet and Titus.
2. Titus and Quendy
3. Titus and Link
4. Link and Calista
Essay Topic 3
The novel makes a strong point about the teens level of consumerism, in that the teenagers are constantly bombarded with advertisements and changes to fashion. Locate examples of these fashion changes throughout the book. What are the examples? Why do the teenagers automatically follow them? What happens toward the end of the book that makes the teenager's freeze? What do you think the author is saying about consumerism?
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