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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 Titus' mother always busy with?

2. What do the girls spend the rest of the hour doing?

3. What message does Titus receive as he attempts to connect to the feed?

4. Who employs "everyone in the world" according to Titus?

5. What does the President's speech indicate on page 85?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Titus claim the moon is boring and 'sucky'?

2. Titus reports that "everyone is supersmart now", because everyone can look anything up instantly. Based on what you have seen in the novel, do you agree that everyone is intelligent?

3. Describe Titus' father.

4. 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.

5. Explain the protests about the moon.

6. Explain why Titus doesn't want to try and cheer Violet up when she cries in the hospital.

7. Explain why Calista, Marty, Titus, and Link can get into college parties.

8. What does Violet imply when she notes that Titus is the only one of his group that is able to use metaphors?

9. Describe how Titus first sees the young woman.

10. Titus is freely willing to trade mega corporations his personal information and allow them to control him if it means he gets everything he wants. Does this seem to be a good deal to you?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used throughout the novel. Locate four examples of foreshadowing, and discuss how they are used to indicate things to come. Be sure to explain not only the situation, but also how the author uses foreshadowing to add dramatic tension and anticipation.

Essay Topic 2

Violet and Quendy are two of the females in the novel, and are very different from one another. Their differences explain much about the characters, and their lives in the novel. Choose one of the following topics to discuss.

1) Compare and contrast Violet and Quendy. How are they the same? How are they different? Include examples from the book.

2) Why do you think Quendy and Violet are so drastically different from one another? Be sure to include information from the book.

Essay Topic 3

In "Feed", many of the teens completely lose their individuality as the feed pushes them to conform to a specific marketing profile. This is symbolized at the end of the novel, when hipsters are hit with Nostalgic Feedback. Explain what Nostalgic Feedback is, and what it does. Next, explain how people like Quendy and Loga completely lose their own identities when they conform to the marketing concept. Finally, explain Violet's point, that there is a spiral between people and marketers that makes everything and everyone more basic and simple. What does she mean by this?

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