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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. Where does Travis go with his friends in Chapter 35?

2. What does Travis purchase in Chapter 32?

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 33?

5. Where does Travis ask Hatton to take him in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Travis describe his family's Christmas celebration in Chapter 27?

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

9. What actions does Travis take in unraveling the mysetery of his father in Chapter 27?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism and metaphor surrounding Travis's scar from his surgery. How do different characters respond to Travis's scar? What does Travis think of his scar and attempts to hide it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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