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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. Where does Mfumbe live?

2. Where does Kayla finally fall asleep?

3. What does Kayla suddenly realize?

4. What do Mfumbe and Kayla discuss concerning the effects of cloning and genetic coding?

5. What does Kayla find in the pocket of what she's wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nedra say about Mfume in a letter to the editor?

2. How does Kayla connect with Mfumbe again?

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

4. Why is August on the run?

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

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

7. How do Kayla and Mfumbe get a ride heading north? Why do they eventually have to give up the ride?

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

9. What vision does Kayla have one morning?

10. What does Nedra say on television?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What does the term "author's agenda" mean? In your opinion, what issues/concerns are part of the author's agenda for The Bar Code Tattoo?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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