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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 want to lie down and sleep instead of fleeing the hospital?

2. What is in the truck where Mfumbe and Kayla hide?

3. Why did Katie say she does not have a tattoo?

4. What bothers Kayla and Mfumbe about their survival methods?

5. What does Kayla do as her hospital roommate is taken away?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mfumbe decide to steal some medicine?

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

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

6. Where do Kayla and Mfumbe arrive after three weeks? What visions does Kayla have there?

7. What does Kayla write to Amber?

8. What does Zekeal say Kayla should do?

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

10. Why is August on the run?

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

Analyze one major theme of The Bar Code Tattoo. How is the theme expressed through symbolism? Characters' behaviors? Action?

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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