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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 do as Mark taunts him as John is leaving school?

2. What do the "Numbers" carry when separated from each other?

3. What falls over John and Sam in the woods?

4. When does John see a swirling cloud mass?

5. Who is Mark James?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henri tell John about his newly-emerged Legacy, and is John entirely successful in doing what Henri tells him?

2. 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?

3. What does Henri do when he observes John's hands when he picks him up at school?

4. Who waves and then comes over to talk with John and Henri at the parade, and what does she do when John and Mark start taunting each other?

5. What happens when Henri hands John a Loric crystal?

6. What has Henri been doing all night?

7. Why does Sam run over to John's house and what does John tell Sam?

8. Why does John go over to Sam's house and what happens there?

9. What are the "rules" of engagement between Gardes and the Mogadorians?

10. What does John see in the vision facilitated by the Loric crystal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of John and Mark. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of John and Henri. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in I Am Number Four help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in I Am Number Four. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in I Am Number Four. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in I Am Number Four. Consider the death of Lorien as a type of death and possibly John having to keep moving as small deaths in his life.

Essay Topic 3

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Pittacus Lore.

2. What in Lore's background may have helped him in writing I Am Number Four? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

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