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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 Cate promise to buy for Travis in Chapter 23?

2. What is Chapter 26's title?

3. What does Travis go to fetch to show Kyle and Hatton in Chapter 27?

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

5. Who wants to drive Travis to his mother's home in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What transformation does Travis undergo in Chapter 35?

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

10. How does Chapter 26 stand in juxtaposition to the other chapters in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss several examples of irony in Noggin. What are examples of verbal irony in the story? What are examples of dramatic or situational irony? What purpose does irony serve in each example?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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