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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 neighborhood in Kansas City's Country Club District does Travis describe in Chapter 3?

2. What did Kyle confess to Travis shortly before Travis "died"?

3. What is Hatton's last name?

4. What is the name of Cate's father?

5. What is the title of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some examples of foreshadowing in Chapters 1-4?

2. How does Travis respond when he encounters Cate in Chapter 17?

3. What memory does Travis have in flashback in Chapter 20?

4. What does Travis remark about his friendship with Hatton in Chapter 20? What leads to this?

5. To whom does Travis reach out for help and advice in Chapter 4? What advice is he given?

6. What themes are developed in the subplot relating to Kyle's secret in the narrative?

7. What does Travis discuss with Dr. Saranson in Chapter 10?

8. How are the scientific elements of Travis's transplant described in the narrative?

9. What is the significance of the painting that Travis recalls in Chapter 8?

10. Whom does Travis go to see in Chapter 11? What do they discuss?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of the Triton Theatre and discuss its relevance in the novel. What nostalgia surrounds this setting for Travis? What items from the theatre did he once own? What has happened to them?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Noggin. Where in the narrative are the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement? How does the structure of the narrative relate to other novels you've read?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Jeremy Pratt and what is his relationship to the protagonist? How does Travis learn about Jeremy Pratt? What does he learn about him? What does Jeremy signify to Travis?

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