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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. In the recurring dreams Claire has in which she is wearing a leather mask, she always weeps when what event occurs?

2. When Claire sees the male Nurturer on his bicycle, what does she see that gives her hope regarding his continued involvement with her son?

3. When Claire sees the male Nurturer out on his bicycle, how many months has it been since they have seen one another?

4. Why are the Vessels given blindfolds as they go into labor?

5. How old is Claire when she gives birth to the Product?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of Dimitri's disappointment at the results of the Ceremony?

2. What is the consequence of Claire's Task being different from those of the other Birthmothers?

3. What does one of the Vessels report it had felt like to cease taking the pills when she had been assigned the role of Birthmother?

4. What change does Claire see in Jonas between the time she sees him racing another boy on his bicycle and the time she sees him walking alone along the river?

5. What sets the birth of Claire's Product apart from those of the other Birthmothers in her dormitory?

6. Why is Claire so terrified when she is first told that she has been decertified as a Vessel?

7. How does Claire feel about her work at the Fish Hatchery?

8. Why does Jeanette, one of the Fish Hatchery workers, feel surprise when the name Paul is given to one of the Newchildren at the Ceremony?

9. What criterion does Claire give regarding how the Fish Hatchery had been chosen as her workplace and how does the criterion differ from others who work at the Fish Hatchery alongside her?

10. What is Dimitri's explanation for why the community no longer has mammals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author's message regarding perseverance within the novel Son.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the choice of an omniscient narrator to tell the story of Claire's life enabled the author to bridge the gap between Claire's life within the dystopian community and the world in which the reader lives and works.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the novel's characters undergo experiences that radically transform their lives, taking them far away from the expectations they have previously held. Analyze at least three characters' transformative experiences, the effects these events have on their lives, their methods for dealing with these changes, and ultimately, the author's purpose for including these types of disparities between expectation and reality.

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