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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 become determined to do in Chapter 25?

2. What is the title of Chapter 23?

3. What is Hatton's father's profession?

4. What is the title of Chapter 33?

5. Who takes Travis to the Christian Youth Group in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the change in the narrative tense in the Epilogue?

2. What is Travis doing in the beginning of Chapter 35? Who is he with?

3. What news does Travis learn from Kyle in Chapter 27?

4. What are examples of foreshadowing seen in Chapters 26-28? What do they foretell?

5. What does Travis learn from his father regarding his parents' divorce in Chapter 27?

6. What happens to Travis's ashes in Chapter 35?

7. What is the memory that Travis relates in Chapter 26?

8. How is Travis's outlook described in the beginning of Chapter 34?

9. What connection/conversation did Travis and Cate have in Part 6, Chapter 23

10. What advice does Lawrence Ramsey offer to Travis in Chapter 29?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Travis's friendship with Hatton in the novel. When and where does Travis meet Hatton? How is Hatton similar to Travis's other friends? How is he different?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Cate, Glen, and Janice. When does Travis encounter each of these characters after his reanimation? How would you describe their relationships to Travis? What do these characters signify in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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