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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 Henri do to get John used to the heat from John's talent?

2. What is Henri's position in regard to John?

3. How is Henri when John finds him?

4. What does John ask of the person who tackles him?

5. How does John get in the back door of the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when John goes inside the house where Henri is being held?

3. What option does John give the young men and what happens after they men choose?

4. 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?

5. What does Henri say to John when John goes outside to find Henri when Sarah is over there?

6. What does John ask Henri about in the wake of the incident at school when John's hand glows?

7. Describe John's encounter with some of Mark's friends.

8. What happens after the students get on the tractor and it pulls into the woods?

9. What do Sam, John and Henri talk about at the Halloween parade and how does Sam shock the other two?

10. Why is John pleased about his home economics class, and how does he get his phone back?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of I Am Number Four and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why I Am Number Four is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

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