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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 Link taller than everyone else?
2. Titus and Violet do what at the end of 'The Garden'?
3. Who employs "everyone in the world" according to Titus?
4. What does Titus think of the girl by the end of 'The Nose Grid'?
5. What do the boys try to do with the minibar?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the protests about the moon.
2. What do you think happened in 'Nudging'? Was Titus dreaming, or were the police or the hacker group sifting through his feed?
3. 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?
4. Why does Titus claim the moon is boring and 'sucky'?
5. Describe how the teenagers are attacked.
6. Describe Titus' father.
7. Explain the girl's theory of the face grid.
8. Why is Titus so lonely?
9. Titus reflects that, without the feed, their "heads felt real empty" (pg. 46). What is your response?
10. Explain why Titus doesn't want to try and cheer Violet up when she cries in the hospital.
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
Another theme throughout the novel is the level of intelligence in the teenagers of the book. Titus argues, at one point, that people are super smart as a result of the feed, whereas Violet argues, at one point, that the feed is creating a generation of "ignorant, self centered idiots" (pg. 113). Which do you agree with, and why? Do you think the feed is entirely responsible, or do you think there are other factors? What are they? Be sure to support your ideas using examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
In the novel, two different parenting styles are presented, those of Titus' parents and that of Violet's father. Compare and contrast these styles. How are they similar? How are they different? What effect do they have on the teenagers? Do you think they are partially response for what happens in the novel? Why or why not? What do you think the author is saying about the effect of parental influence on children?
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