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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. How long has it been since Travis has heard from Cate in Chapter 20?

2. Where in Travis's house is the urn that holds his ashes?

3. What is the name of Cate's mother?

4. What does Travis learn Jeremy Pratt was before his death in Chapter 10?

5. Where does Travis live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are the themes of the past, the present, and friendship developed in Chapters 14-18?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Kyle confess in Chapter 22?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of Arnie's Arcade in the narrative. What is significant about this setting to the plot of the story? How does this setting connect to the novel's themes and symbolism?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Travis's experiences during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays in the novel. With whom does Travis spend the holidays? How does he feel about these characters? How does he feel about the experiences he has during the holidays?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss several examples of irony in Noggin. What are examples of verbal irony in the story? What are examples of dramatic or situational irony? What purpose does irony serve in each example?

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