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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 much money does Travis's father give him for Christmas in Chapter 27?

2. What is Chapter 26's title?

3. What has the Christian Youth Group done for Travis in Chapter 31?

4. What is the title of Chapter 24?

5. Where does Travis take out the box of letters from in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. What circumstances are noted when Cate leaves Travis's home in Chapter 27?

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

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

4. What is revealed in the phone conversation with Travis in the beginning of Chapter 33?

5. Why do you think the author fails to address some of the scientific and philosophic aspects in Travis's story?

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

7. What is described in the novel's Epilogue?

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

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

10. What transformation does Travis undergo in Chapter 35?

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

Discuss the linear structure of Noggin. When and where does the author employ flashbacks? How are these instances differentiated from the present timeline? Why does the author employ flashbacks in each instance?

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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