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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 one of Jill's orphaned children suggest they do to make people happier?
2. Where does Lisa plan to get the toys she's promised the children?
3. How old is Lisa when she's injured?
4. What does Lisa do while the army of children assembles near the high school?
5. What is Craig's response when Lisa asks for his help to plan to recapture the city?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Lisa come up with the idea to move to the school?
2. What are the reasons Lisa gives for defending her statement that she owns the city?
3. Describe the disguise Todd uses to become a spy in the city. How do the children know it's a good disguise?
4. What does Lisa learn from the leader in Wheaton?
5. What is the advice the young prince gives to his father, the king, and what is the ending of Lisa's story?
6. Who has the gun at various times during the conversation between Lisa and Tom and what does each do with it?
7. Describe the conversation between Lisa and Todd when Todd enters the chamber.
8. What is it that Todd is supposed to do once he's inside the city?
9. What does Tom tell Lisa when she arrives in the chamber?
10. What are some of the defense plans and how do the children come up with these plans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the most pressing needs for the children who live in Lisa's neighborhood in the weeks after the plague? How do those needs change after the children move into the high school?
Essay Topic 2
What is the moral of the story Lisa tells about the happiness king? What does she come to realize about this story? Do you believe the advice given by the prince in that story was accurate? How does Lisa put this advice into practice when she makes assignments to Jill's kids?
Essay Topic 3
What do you consider the most important theme of the story? Give at least two examples of this theme and explain their role in the story.
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