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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 does Marty suggest as an alternative to being drunk?

2. What song is stuck in the teenagers' heads?

3. What is a salad day, according to Violet?

4. Who is the girl on the moon with?

5. Why is Calista able to get into parties?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. At the party, Titus' feed reports that the president is making a speech. Describe the content of the speech, and your reaction to it.

5. 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?

6. Describe how you perceive the teenagers by this point in the novel.

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

8. Describe why the girls help Quendy with her hair, and why Titus finds this important.

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

10. What does the text of 'Awake' indicate about how much the teenagers rely on the feed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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