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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 does Kayla do as her hospital roommate is taken away?

2. What does Mfumbe give Kayla?

3. What does Kayla see on the television when she goes into a diner?

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

5. While in the diner, what does Kayla consider doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kayla find a way to leave the hospital?

2. How does Mfumbe's father rationalize getting the tattoo?

3. What does Nedra say on television?

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

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

6. Why does Kayla lie down in the woods and sleep after leaving the hospital?

7. How do Kayla and Mfumbe escape the Global-1 officers?

8. What does Zekeal say Kayla should do?

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

10. What does Kayla dream while sleeping in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as mirror for the readers? Why or why not?

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