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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 Travis recall watching from his rooftop before he began chemotherapy treatments in Chapter 20?

2. What does Kyle say his new girlfriend's name is in Chapter 5?

3. What does Cate say she is no longer doing in Chapter 21?

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

5. What is Chapter 20's title?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are the themes of the past and present deveoped in Chapters 19-22?

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

5. What thoughts and actions does Travis describe in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

7. What happens when Travis and Hatton arrive at the karaoke bar in Chapter 17?

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

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

10. What information does Cate relate to Travis in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the novel's title illuminated in the narrative? When does "Noggin" appear in the text? From what character? Why do you think the author chose this title for the book?

Essay Topic 2

What does Travis remark about his decision to be cryogenically frozen throughout the narrative? How do his feelings change about this decision? Whom does Travis feel he made the decision for?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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