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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 is on Henri's laptop?

2. What does Mr. Harris ask John?

3. How long has the Garde been looking for John?

4. What happens sometime near midnight at the party?

5. What season is it when Chapter 22 opens?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What vision of the Chimera does John have?

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

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

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

6. How do Sarah and John meet up with the rest of the party goers?

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

8. What does Six first believe about their situation at the school, what does she realize, what happens when she kills a scout and who arrives when she and John are talking?

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

10. What does Mark show John?

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

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?

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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