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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 awaken suddenly from sleeping in the car?

2. Why is Kayla hesitant about taking Mava's suggestion?

3. How does Kayla escape the attention of a police officer in the diner's parking lot?

4. What does Mfumbe tell Kayla in a vision?

5. What does Nedra say Kayla did?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Kayla says goodbye to Katie, she goes to a diner. What does Kayla see on the diner's television?

2. Why is August on the run?

3. Why is Kayla sorry she used the computer where she is staying?

4. What vision does Kayla have the morning after their first night of traveling northward?

5. What does Kayla admit to herself as she is leaving the hospital?

6. What does Zekeal say Kayla should do?

7. What prevents Mava and Tova from moving to Canada?

8. Who finds Kayla? What does this person tell Kayla?

9. Why does Mfumbe decide to steal some medicine?

10. What did Mava's and Tova's daughter warn them about? Why did the daughter treat her mother at home instead of in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a successful novel? Based upon your criteria, is The Bar Code Tattoo a successful novel. Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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