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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 group is responsible for the hacker?
2. When Loga comes to visit, what does she do as she talks to her friends?
3. What does Titus think of the girl by the end of 'The Nose Grid'?
4. Titus and Violet do what at the end of 'The Garden'?
5. Why is Link taller than everyone else?
Short Essay Questions
1. Loga was not touched by the hacker. How do you think she feels?
2. Discuss the conversation in 'Dead Language' about writing, and what the conversation implies.
3. Why is Titus so lonely?
4. Explain why Titus doesn't want to try and cheer Violet up when she cries in the hospital.
5. Titus reflects that, without the feed, their "heads felt real empty" (pg. 46). What is your response?
6. 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.
7. Explain what Violet means by the days at the hospital being salad days.
8. What does the text of 'Awake' indicate about how much the teenagers rely on the feed?
9. At the party, Titus' feed reports that the president is making a speech. Describe the content of the speech, and your reaction to it.
10. What does Violet imply when she notes that Titus is the only one of his group that is able to use metaphors?
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
Titus' world in the novel is in an environmental crisis. Using details from the book, discuss the world Titus leaves in. What has happened to the sun, air, clouds, and oceans? Why are domes needed? Why do they need suits to play near the water? What is covering the domes? What killed people in Central America? What is happening to the people themselves? Why is no one making an effort to change this?
Essay Topic 3
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
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