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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. Who drives Travis to the apartment building in Chapter 29?

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 31?

4. Whom does Travis call for advice in Chapter 33?

5. When was the video game "Space Invaders" released?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cate surprise Travis with in Part 6, Chapter 23?

2. Where does Travis ask Hatton to drive him in Chapter 32? Why?

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

4. What does Travis decide in the Retro Room in Part 6, Chapter 24?

5. What interaction do Travis and Kyle have in Part 6, Chapter 24 regarding Cate?

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

7. Where does Matt take Travis and Hatton in Chapter 29? Why?

8. At what point in Chapter 36 does the climax of the narrative occur? Why is this the climax of the story?

9. What does the conflict between Travis and Turner signify in the narrative?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Audrey in the narrative. How has Audrey changed during Travis's "death"? Who is interested in Audrey romantically? Whom is Audrey dating?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the chapter titles throughout Noggin. What relationship do the chapter titles have to the actions or dialogue in the story? Why do you think the author has chosen to title each chapter in this manner? Are there exceptions?

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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