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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 jumps out at the three when they arrive at the gym?

2. What does John realize he cannot do?

3. What happens sometime near midnight at the party?

4. How does the girl save the person in Argentina?

5. What does John see in the parking lot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What follow-up does Henri mention to John when he picks John up after the first day back to school?

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

4. What does Mark show John?

5. How does Sam react to seeing John use his Legacy?

6. What does Six explain to John about why and how she is there?

7. What does John do without thinking when he is in Mr. Harris' office?

8. How do John's friends help him?

9. What do Henri and John learn from the man who they tie to the chair?

10. What happens when John runs back to the school to find Sarah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think I Am Number Four is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

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