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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. When Linus first arrives at Arthur's room in Chapter Nine, what does Arthur prompt Lucy to show Linus?
2. What kind of tree does Phee tell Linus about at the end of Chapter Ten?
3. Before dinner each night, what does Arthur ask the children to share?
4. What word does Arthur insist not be used in his house?
5. Where is Linus Barker at the beginning of Chapter One?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Arthur give in Chapter Seven for thinking that people should not be afraid of Lucy?
2. What vehicle does Linus see parked by the house in Chapter Five, and what does he deduce from it?
3. What comments in Linus's first report to DICOMY seem a little out of character for him?
4. Who is Ms. Bedleia Jenkins, and what kind of a person is she?
5. What upsetting information does Linus learn about Sal's history in Chapter Seven?
6. What happens on Linus and Zoe's Chapter Ten ferry ride to town, and what does it show about Linus?
7. What amusing and ironic contrast does the author create between the way Lucy presents himself and the reality of the child?
8. What are some of the ways that Extremely Upper Management has arranged its offices to intimidate people?
9. Describe the house on Marsyas Island.
10. How does Linus react to the secret mission that Extremely Upper Management gives him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although The House in the Cerulean Sea is a book with a serious message, it delivers this message with a light, comic touch. Write an essay that analyzes how the author creates humor in the novel, discussing at least three separate techniques and offering examples that demonstrate how these techniques work to create humor.
Essay Topic 2
What is the purpose of including Calliope in this book? Write a description of her role in the novel and then make and defend a claim about the rhetorical purpose of including her in The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Essay Topic 3
In The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune often includes one-sentence paragraphs. Choose several passages that include one-sentence paragraphs and write an analysis of how these function as a rhetorical strategy.
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