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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 the fax say that Mr. Harris hands John?

2. What does Mr. Harris ask John?

3. What is one document Henri makes for John?

4. What happens as John is running away from a beast?

5. What does John manage to escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does John send Six and where does Six tell John to go?

2. What story does Henri tell John about a girl in Argentina?

3. How do Henri, John and Number Six get out of the school building and where do they go and who attacks them?

4. What do Sarah, John and Henri do during the Christmas break?

5. What does John learn with the aid of fire and how does he learn a painful lesson?

6. How does Sam get Henri, Sam and himself out of the house when someone else arrives?

7. What happens after John is called out of Home Economics class?

8. What do John and Sarah do after he rescues her?

9. How is John forced to reveal his Legacy to Sam?

10. What emergency occurs at Mark's party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of I Am Number Four, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in I Am Number Four. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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

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?

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