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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 Jack make Ma a bracelet from in "Unlying"?

2. What do Ma and Jack have for dinner on Saturday in "Unlying"?

3. On what days of the week do Ma and Jack clean their room?

4. What day of the week is it in the beginning of "Unlying"?

5. What does Ma describe as "Extra-holy people. Like angels with no wings" in "Presents"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Ma's attitude changed in the beginning of "Unlying"? What does Jack make of this change?

2. What does Ma tell Jack about the television in "Presents"?

3. How do Jack and Ma manage to "create" toys when they are trapped in Room?

4. What are your thoughts on Ma's breastfeeding Jack at the age of five? Why do you think she does this?

5. How does Ma explain "Outside" to Jack in "Unlying"?

6. What is significant about Jack using beet juice as paint in the novel?

7. What are Ma and Old Nick arguing about when Jack overhears them from the wardrobe in "Unlying"?

8. What "gift" does Old Nick offer Jack when he's in the wardrobe in "Unlying"? Why does Jack not take the gift?

9. How would you describe Ma's relationship to religion in "Presents"?

10. What happend when Jack requests that Ma read Dylan the Digger in "Unlying"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Ma's plans for escape with Jack in Room. What is Ma's original plan? Why does it fail? What is Ma's "Plan B"? How does Jack feel about this plan? How do Ma and Jack prepare for Plan B?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Jack's first experiences Outside. How does Jack manage to escape from Old Nick? Whom does he encounter when he escapes? How does Jack manage to lead the police to find Ma in Room?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrative point of view in Room. Why do you think the author chose to relate the story from Jack's point of view? How would the narrative differ if it were related from Ma's point of view? How limited or omniscient is Jack's perspective? Do you think that Jack is a reliable narrator? Why or why not?

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