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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 did Senator Strom Thurmond set a record for the longest filibuster?

2. In "Hold On," what did Jenna dream that she was doing?

3. What does Jenna break in "Control"?

4. Where did Lily stay when Jenna was being reconstructed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happend at Mr. Bender's in "Silver"?

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

3. What happens when Dane accosts Jenna in the woods?

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

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

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

7. Why did Ethan nearly kill a man?

8. What does Jenna learn about her digestive system and how it works in "Details"?

9. Why do Allys's parents come to Jenna's house?

10. What did Lily and Jenna talk about before the recital on disc two of Jenna's 16th year?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax of a story is a high point of tension in a story, and it sometimes is when the main problem in a book is solved by the main character. What is the climax of the novel? Why is that the climax?

Essay Topic 2

Jenna is her parents’ only child. How does being her parents’ only child affect the relationship that Jenna has with her parents? What things have the three of them done to sabotage their relationship? How would you describe their relationship and how it evolves?

Essay Topic 3

Ten percent of Jenna remains after the accident. Why does Jenna wonder if she is human? What do she and other characters decide it takes to be human?

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