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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. Why does Kayla decide not to have the tattoo?
2. What does Zekeal tell Kayla about Nedra when Kayla meets him outside of the warehouse?
3. Who works at the place where Amber and Kayla agree to meet?
4. Why does Zekeal apologize to Kayla?
5. What does Kayla want to buy for Amber's birthday?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kayla do after leaving the guidance counselor's office? Who shows concern for her?
2. What does Kayla learn Amber has done on the morning of Kayla's seventeenth birthday?
3. What is the proposal Senator David Young opposes? What do those who support the proposal say about Young's opposition?
4. Why are Amber and her parents living in the Route Nine Motor Inn?
5. What does Kayla learn about Zekeal when she is at his place and he is in the shower?
6. Where does Zekeal take Kayla after they have been to the Lobo2MeClub?
7. When Kayla arrives at his apartment, how does Zekeal explain what he is reading?
8. What does Kayla learn from her counselor about the possibility of her attending art school?
9. Why is Gene Drake shot and killed?
10. Kayla's mother finds Joseph Reed's file. What does the file say about his genetic code?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Reading a science fiction or fantasy novel requires the reader to understand a world that is not real. How does the author help the reader understand the imaginary world of The Bar Code Tattoo? Give specific examples.
Essay Topic 2
The Bar Code Tattoo is one book in a series of novels involving Kayla Reed and many of the same characters in this story. What are some advantages and disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Do you prefer to read a standalone book or a book series? Why? Justify your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Often, authors will write about "what they know." So, sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the book more interesting. Research Suzanne Weyn, the author of The Bar Code Tattoo. What events in Weyn's background may have helped her in writing The Bar Code Tattoo? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes? Give textual evidence for support.
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