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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 word does the girl use that no one understands?
2. What does Titus call a bow tie?
3. Where does Titus discover they are in 'College Try'?
4. Why is Violet convinced things will be different?
5. Who is the girl on the moon with?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Violet imply when she notes that Titus is the only one of his group that is able to use metaphors?
2. Explain the protests about the moon.
3. Why is Titus so lonely?
4. When Titus is speaking of the sale at Weatherbee & Crotch, what does he say, and what does his tone and choice of words convey?
5. Describe why the girls help Quendy with her hair, and why Titus finds this important.
6. Loga was not touched by the hacker. How do you think she feels?
7. Describe how the teenagers are attacked.
8. At the party, Titus' feed reports that the president is making a speech. Describe the content of the speech, and your reaction to it.
9. 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?
10. Explain why Calista, Marty, Titus, and Link can get into college parties.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Another strong theme in the novel is the marketing of products to teenagers. Throughout the novel, the kids receive banner advertisements for a number of products, and even spend an entire chapter trying to win free Coke. Choose three examples of marketing in the novel, and discuss who is being marketed to, the product, and why that particular audience was chosen in the book. Also, do you think the extreme amount of marketing done in the novel has an affect on the kids? What is it?
Essay Topic 3
From the beginning of the novel to the end of the novel, Titus makes a full character transformation. Using details from the book, describe how Titus' character changes throughout the novel. How does he appear at the beginning of the novel? What are his primary concerns? What does he feel when Violet begins to go into mal, and begins to decline in health? What are his concerns at the end of the novel? Why do you think he has changed so drastically?
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