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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. Wilbur is happy that Sophie never read what?

2. Why does Wilbur's presidency become irrelevant?

3. When Wilburn runs for president, what is his campaign slogan?

4. How does Wilbur cope with Eliza's death?

5. What is the name of the second illness to sweep through the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Eliza is released from the mental institution, how does she express her anger to her brother?

2. What scientific discovery has been made by Dr. von Peterswald?

3. When Wilbur returns to his graduation party, people think that Eliza's voice had come from where?

4. What is the new system for middle names?

5. When Melody plucks a chicken for a rooftop picnic, what happens to the feathers and why?

6. What happens to Wilbur the first time that gravity shifts?

7. How are those with the same noun in their middle name related?

8. What causes the Green Death?

9. After gravity shifts for the first time, everyone is crying for help. What does Wilbur do?

10. Once Wilbur implements the middle name system, how does the Daffodil Club change?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the Green Death, the world changes drastically. Citing examples from the childhood of Wilbur and Eliza compared to Wilbur's life in the future, examine how the world has changed.

Essay Topic 2

Wilbur and Eliza reveal their intelligence to their caretakers at the mansion in a cautious and deliberate fashion. Analyze this reveal and its results.

1) What actions do they take to reveal the truth about their intelligence?

2) What actions do they take to protect the adults when they learn the truth?

3) What actions do they take when they do not receive the response they were expecting?

Essay Topic 3

As the children become adults, they are no longer the same. Wilbur finds a way to channel his disfigurements into a productive lifestyle whereas Eliza struggles with this. Write an essay examining the struggle the children experience as they become adults.

1) How are the Wilbur and Eliza physically and mentally different from others?

2) Wilbur uses his defects to create strengths. Why is Eliza unable to do this?

3) How do the children change as adults?

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