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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 word from the narrative refers to a plant that produces a fragrant oil used in perfumes and incense?

2. Whom does Travis see for a checkup in Chapter 10?

3. What is the title of Chapter 16?

4. Where does Travis live?

5. What word from Chapter 13 means a thing that causes disgust or hatred?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the symbolic or metaphorical significance of Travis's experience at the movie theater in Chapter 13?

3. What is one of the major themes that is developed in the first chapters of the book? How is it developed?

4. How is Travis's trip to the movie theater described in Chapter 13?

5. What is Travis's objective in Chapter 16? How does he go about achieving that objective?

6. How is Travis's encounter with Cate described in Chapter 21?

7. What does Cate say to Travis when she calls him in Chapter 19?

8. How does Travis respond to the "fan mail" he reads in Chapter 10?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Travis Coates as the protagonist of Noggin. How old is Travis? What are Travis's objectives, actions, and obstacles in the course of the story? How does Travis's character evolve as the plot progresses?

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

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?

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