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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. Where does Violet attend school?
2. What begins going wild the moment the teenagers step off the ship?
3. What have people begun to see on their skin in 'Impact'?
4. Who is Smell Factor?
5. Where does Violet take Titus to see when she is finished speaking with the doctor?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the television show "based on a true story" advertised at the end of 'The Nose Grid'.
2. Why does Titus claim the moon is boring and 'sucky'?
3. Explain the text within these chapters that is in italics. What are they, and what is your impression, thus far, of a feed?
4. When Titus doesn't tell Violet about his friends going mal, he feels he is protecting her from something. Why is he so bothered by their actions?
5. Describe Titus' father.
6. Explain why Titus doesn't want to try and cheer Violet up when she cries in the hospital.
7. 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?
8. Describe what the girl does with her juice at the end of 'Juice', and why this is significant.
9. What does Violet imply when she notes that Titus is the only one of his group that is able to use metaphors?
10. Describe how Titus first sees the young woman.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout "Feed", symbolism is used to represent things in modern society. Discuss the use of and meaning of malfunctioning, lesions, and the feed. What do these symbolize from modern society, and why did the author choose to include them?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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