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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 Dr. Hatch say has been the fate of four of the electric children who didn't die in their first few days of life?

2. What does the guard at the door of the building demand of Michael and Jack?

3. What color were the jumpsuits work by Wade and Jack when Hatch orders them brought in?

4. What is Tara's answer when Taylor asks if they are always allowed to have champagne?

5. What is the title Quentin says he holds at the academy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hatch say caused the deaths of four of the electric children? What does he say that means to Michael?

2. How do Ostin, Michael, Wade, and Jack take possession of the food service van? What do they use it for?

3. What does Tara say about how she first came to the academy and how she came to live there?

4. What were some of the things Clyde called Michael and said to him?

5. What is the story Tara tells Taylor about the eagles?

6. What does Hatch ask Taylor to do during the concert? What are her thoughts about the request?

7. Describe the tragic scene Hatch is watching as Chapter 29 opens. What does his conversation indicate about his role in that tragedy?

8. Describe the scene at breakfast the morning after Michael is released from the hospital.

9. What is the demand Hatch makes at the motor cross event? What is Taylor's response? What does Tara do?

10. What are the powers of Ian, McKenna, and Abigail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Ian? McKenna? Abigail? What do the three have in common? What do they have in common with Taylor and Michael? What does it say about their personalities that they remain imprisoned for so long without giving in to Hatch's demands?

Essay Topic 2

Who are Jack, Mitchell, and Wade? How do the three interact with Michael and Ostin? What is their action that prompts the friendship between Taylor and Michael? How do the relationships between Michael, Wade, and Jack change over the course of the story? Why do they change?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Hatch has taught the Glows, especially Tara, that they are better than ordinary people even though he himself is "ordinary." Explain how and why Dr. Hatch has convinced the children of this fact. What is the story about eagles that Tara uses to convey this idea?

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