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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 Marcus talk about when he sees the party goers are not buying in to his idea?

2. Who apprehends Marcus?

3. For how long is Marcus suspended?

4. Why does Marcus tell his mother about what happened to him?

5. What did the DHS decide about Masha?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the party goers respond at first and what does Marcus and Jolu tell them to convince them to join the keysigning?

2. What happens as a result of the press conference?

3. What happens to break up the concert?

4. What do Marcus and Ange explain to Barbara and why can she related to what they say?

5. What format do Marcus and Ange use to hold a "press" conference?

6. What are some other countries' response to the news coverage surrounding the terrorists situation, and what do Marcus' parents think about this?

7. Why does Marcus believe he has to try to end the arrests and what is Ange's response?

8. What does Ange say when Marcus tells her about the information he receives from Marsha?

9. Why are Ange and Marcus upset and what do they decide to do about it?

10. What does National Public Radio run the next morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Little Brother".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Little Brother". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Little Brother". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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 Little Brother and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Little Brother 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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