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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 Violet believe the riot dreams were?

2. Why does Violet's father speak so strangely?

3. Why did Violet think Link was youch?

4. What does Titus do with Link and Marty?

5. What does Violet want to do before she dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. List as many items as you can from Violet's 'to do' list.

2. Explain why Loga and Calista are mean to Violet in 'The Real Thing'.

3. Why is Titus uneasy around Violet?

4. Describe Titus' dream in 'Nudging Again'?

5. Explain what happens when Violet sends the advertisements she received from her shopping trip to Titus.

6. Explain why Titus is confused as he and Violet sit in her house, and she talks of all the things she wants to do.

7. Describe the dilemma Titus experiences as he tries to buy an upcar.

8. Describe what Titus is experiencing at the end of 'A Day in the Country'.

9. Explain what Quendy means when she chastises Titus in '86.5%'

10. Describe what Quendy has done to her body, and why.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

M.T. Anderson makes a strong argument against consumerism in the novel, as his characters find themselves mere puppets to economic materialism. Choose two examples of anti consumerism in the novel, and discuss them. What is the example? How does it argue against consumerism? What is M.T. Anderson trying to say about consumerism? What is your opinion of the portrayal of consumerism in the novel?

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