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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 are students supposed to receive their tattoo?

2. How is the killing justified?

3. Where does August suggest the group might meet up if they have to leave their homes?

4. Who works at the place where Amber and Kayla agree to meet?

5. What is proposed about persons seeking public assistance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kayla read about Louden Waters?

2. What petition does Mfumbe ask Kayla and Amber to sign?

3. What does Kayla learn from her counselor about the possibility of her attending art school?

4. What does Kayla agree to do on her seventeenth birthday?

5. Where does Zekeal take Kayla after they have been to the Lobo2MeClub?

6. What does Kayla ask the guidance counselor concerning his tattoo? What is his reply?

7. Kayla's mother finds Joseph Reed's file. What does the file say about his genetic code?

8. Why are Amber and her parents living in the Route Nine Motor Inn?

9. What does the doctor at the hospital say he must do to Kayla?

10. What does Kayla watch happen next door on the evening of her seventeenth birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Weyn's use of literary devices (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina,) and how they add or detract from the story. Does Weyn use too many or too few literary techniques? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of novels. Analyze how secondary characters in The Bar Code Tattoo help drive the plot. Describe their specific contributions to the storyline.

Essay Topic 3

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. In your opinion, why is The Bar Code Tattoo titled as such?

Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Have you ever read a book and wondered how the title was relevant to the story?

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