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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. When Claire picks up the biology posters from the school, she meets a former teacher of hers. What subject does this woman teach?
2. How does the male Nurturer find out the name of Claire's son?
3. What adjective does the receptionist at the Nurturing Center use to describe Sophia?
4. What reason does the male Nurturer give for not telling Claire her son's name?
5. What name does she believe to be her son's after she overhears the male Nurturer using it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Claire realize during breakfast one day when she sees the other Fish Hatchery workers cleaning up their tables and getting ready to begin work?
2. 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?
3. How does Claire feel about the river that borders the community?
4. Recognizing that she cannot ask for Sophia outright at the Nurturing Center, what does Claire say to the receptionist when she arrives?
5. How do the Nurturers respond to Claire's query asking if it would be alright if she visited the Nurturing Center again?
6. What sets the birth of Claire's Product apart from those of the other Birthmothers in her dormitory?
7. What is the cause of Dimitri's disappointment at the results of the Ceremony?
8. Why is Claire so terrified when she is first told that she has been decertified as a Vessel?
9. What is the consequence of Claire's Task being different from those of the other Birthmothers?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Determine the author's message regarding the value of individualism within the novel Son. Support your claim with quotes from the narrative. Be sure to use a variety of characters and situations to back up your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Like many other bildungsroman books and movies, Lois Lowry's novel Son presents the loss of innocence as a theme. Trace Claire's loss of innocence over the course of the novel's narrative. What is the author's purpose for depicting Claire's, as well as other characters', loss of innocence throughout the novel?
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