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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 day of the week does Father return to Boston in "An Invisible Boundary"?

2. In "A Science Lesson," how many years ago would where the students gather have been underwater?

3. How does Jenna get rid of the backups?

4. In "The Greenhouse," what plant is Lily wrestling into a pot?

5. In "Control," what is Lily doing when Jenna goes into the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Father call the box with Jenna's name on it in the closet and what is it for?

2. How does watching Year Seven of her life make Jenna feel?

3. In "Would They Ask That of Someone Who Was Real," how does Jenna describe her existence during the 18 months when she was reconstructed?

4. What is Mr. Bender to do if something goes wrong and the authorities find out about Jenna?

5. Why did Jenna's parents not tell her how they saved her?

6. In "Pieces," what does Jenna realize about what happens when someone is busy delivering?

7. How does Mr. Bender get a bird to land on Jenna's palm?

8. Why are backups of Kara and Locke being kept?

9. How do Jenna and her parents sit together after Jenna destroys the backups?

10. What is Jenna's life like at the end of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. Bender took someone else’s name and identity a long time ago. Why did Mr. Bender take someone’s identity? How does that affect him even so many years ago? What persona has Mr. Bender adopted? In what way is the persona he plays a mask or role?

Essay Topic 2

Point of view determines how readers view the story and characters in a story. What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people? Why is it important that the story is told from Jenna’s perspective?

Essay Topic 3

The novel takes place in a small town in California. Does the setting serve as a backdrop or take on the role of a character? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the tone in the book?

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