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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. Why is Violet convinced things will be different?
2. What does Titus realize about the painting?
3. What do the police do to the teenagers after they are attacked?
4. How many walls does the room have?
5. What does Link want to do before they go to the club?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe why the girls help Quendy with her hair, and why Titus finds this important.
2. Describe how you perceive the teenagers by this point in the novel.
3. Explain why Titus doesn't want to try and cheer Violet up when she cries in the hospital.
4. 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?
5. Why does Titus claim the moon is boring and 'sucky'?
6. Describe how Titus first sees the young woman.
7. Explain why Calista, Marty, Titus, and Link can get into college parties.
8. Explain the text within these chapters that is in italics. What are they, and what is your impression, thus far, of a feed?
9. Explain the protests about the moon.
10. Describe how the teenagers are attacked.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The language used by the author in the novel is definitely different than in other novels. What do you think the author was trying to achieve with this language? Do you think the language helps convey the concepts of teenage life, or do you think it detracts from the novel?
Essay Topic 3
The evil of corporations is another theme that runs throughout the novel. Why are corporations so dangerous in the novel? What do they control? How is information gathered from the feed controlled and distributed? What is it used for? What consequences, both direct and indirect, is corporate power responsible for in the book? What environmental disasters does corporate America contribute to? How does this cause the downfall of the U.S. in the novel?
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