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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 girl who takes their picture say?
2. For what does the lady with the severe haircut tell Marcus he is a suspect?
3. Why were the captors hardest on Marcus?
4. Where do the captors set up interviews?
5. Why does Marcus tell Benson he should call the police?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Marcus angry when he tells his father about the police's activities?
2. What does Marcus ask of the woman with the severe haircut, and what is her response?
3. Why is Marcus confused about his father's attitude and what does Marcus' mother explain to him about it?
4. What does the woman with the severe haircut tell Marcus and what is his response?
5. What do Marcus and his friends learn from the newspaper?
6. Who did the captors treat most harshly, and why?
7. What does Marcus do to try to talk to his friends without being monitored?
8. Who joins Marcus and Darryl; where do they go and why does a girl take their pictures?
9. What suddenly happens as Marcus and his friends are talking with the girl who takes their picture?
10. Describe the confrontation between Marcus and Benson.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Little Brother". 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 "Little Brother". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in "Little Brother". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with freedom? Why? What are some symbols of freedom? Symbols of control? What characters seem free?
Essay Topic 2
Characters are an important part of what makes "Little Brother" interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Marcus. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Angie. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Carrie Johnstone. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Right to privacy has already clashed with these tracking devices as authorities have been required to trade in face recognition cameras for gait recognition cameras as the face recognition cameras were considered unconstitutional. Marcus also notes that even though the teachers aren't allowed to put tracking devices on the students, they can put them on library books, which can be used, indirectly, to track the students. Even on the streets, Marcus and his friends face high tech snitches who take their pictures and threaten to put them on the Internet as proof the students skipped school.
1. Discuss the pros and cons of the authorities being able to track students. Use examples from your own life and 'Little Brother' to support your reasoning.
2. Do you think that technology when it gets to a higher level than it is now will be intrusive on people's lives? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and 'Little Brother' to support your reasoning.
3. Discuss what you think "right to privacy" means and how much citizens of a country should be able to control access to their lives. Use examples from your own life and 'Little Brother' to support your reasoning.
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