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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 John yell when he and Sam are close to their destination?
2. What does John find Henri doing the next morning?
3. What does Henri think will help John develop his legacy?
4. What does John do with his hands to the things that are restraining Sam?
5. Who is Mark James?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Number Four have to do when the novel opens?
2. What do John and Sarah discuss in home economics class?
3. What is wrong with Sam and John's lockers and what is Sam reading?
4. How does John explain Henri's disappearance?
5. What do Sam, John and Henri talk about at the Halloween parade and how does Sam shock the other two?
6. What has Henri been doing all night?
7. Why does Henri increase John's exercise regimen?
8. What does Henri do when he observes John's hands when he picks him up at school?
9. What does Henri decide to do before he and John go over to Sarah's house for Thanksgiving dinner and what happens to make John go on to Sarah's house alone?
10. What happens after the students get on the tractor and it pulls into the woods?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in I Am Number Four.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of I Am Number Four. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of I Am Number Four. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 2
1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in I Am Number Four? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in I Am Number Four including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from I Am Number Four and your own live to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think I Am Number Four is? Explain your response.
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