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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 does Wade get access to the area where the cave indicating the Tomb of Horrors is in Chapter 7?

2. On what date was Wade born?

3. What is the name of the planet created for the OASIS public schools to move to in Chapter 16?

4. Who is the avatar that attempts blackmailing Wade and Aech in Chapter 13?

5. What is Art3mis's level in OASIS in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wade learn from Aech in Chapter 12?

2. What does Wade learn from Aech in Chapter 15? How does he respond?

3. What discovery does Wade make during class in Chapter 7?

4. Who is Art3mis? How does Wade feel about this character?

5. What are Wade’s advantages in the search for the egg?

6. Who are the Sixers in the novel? What is their objective?

7. How is the theme of fame illustrated in Chapter 12?

8. What threat does IOI made to Wade in Chapter 14?

9. Who is Aech? What is this character’s relationship to the protagonist?

10. What is significant about Wade’s score appearing on the scoreboard for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Aech in the novel. What does Aech’s avatar look like? How does this differ from Aech’s true appearance in the “real world”? Where does Aech live?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is the plot of Ready Player One reflective of video games? What video games in particular are described in the narrative? How do you think these games reflect upon the protagonist of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Define an “egg” and discuss the “Easter Egg” in Ready Player One. How is the Easter Egg described when Wade finds it? What does it signify to Wade? What does the egg symbolize to the other characters?

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