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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 occasion had prompted the community to perform the Ceremony of Loss a few years before the events of the narrative?
2. A community citizen is given his or her own dwelling only after what event occurs?
3. When Claire sees the male Nurturer on his bicycle, what does she see that gives her hope regarding his continued involvement with her son?
4. At what meal does Claire first realize that every other worker is taking a pill besides her?
5. What is the last fully formed memory that Claire has of her final moments in the community?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Sophia provide for parental units wanting to receive their assigned children once they are a little older, rather than when they are infants?
2. Upon finally seeing Marie on the boat, what questions arise in Claire's mind?
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 is Claire's son's comfort item and what had hers been during her childhood?
5. 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?
6. How do the Nurturers respond to Claire's query asking if it would be alright if she visited the Nurturing Center again?
7. 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?
8. How is the boat's cook Marie described by the narrator?
9. What are the elements of Claire's plan to find Sophia, her acquaintance who has a job at the Nurturing Center where Claire's son is being held, and how does it work out?
10. When Claire declares that she hates her life, what aspects of her life does she say she despises?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Narrative events within Lois Lowry's novel Son refer to the subject of trust at many different points. Trace these mentions, explain each instance's circumstances, and discuss the overall message the author sends about the subject of trust.
Essay Topic 2
Trace the characterization arc of Claire's character throughout the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of the novel's title and of the repeated references to sons throughout the narrative. What is the author's purpose in including the motif of male children, both in the title and throughout the narrative of the novel?
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