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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 suddenly realize?

2. Where are Tova and Mava headed?

3. What was August told to do by his employers?

4. How does August remove his tattoo?

5. What is the reason for Kayla's actions when comes upon a stream?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Where are Mava and Tova moving? How does the move affect Kayla's plans?

3. What vision does Kayla have one morning?

4. Why does Mfumbe decide to leave home? Why is his departure a choice rather than a necessity?

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

6. What does Katie tell Kayla concerning the bar code?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In some ways, Kayla Reed is a larger-than-life heroine. Despite incredible odds, she usually comes out on top in The Bar Code Tattoo and in the other books in the series. Is a hero or heroine a necessary part of every work of fiction? Why or why not? Explain your answer.

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

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

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