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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 are the two things that Arthur guesses might be a part of Chauncey's makeup?
2. What is implied when, on page 42, the female member of Extremely Upper Management says, of Linus, that "nothing gets in" and so "He'll do"?
3. What does Lucy say death makes a singer sound like to him?
4. When Linus comes inside the main house for dinner, who is hiding under the couch?
5. In Chapter Five, why does Linus eventually get out of the car?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Linus react to the secret mission that Extremely Upper Management gives him?
2. What invitation does Linus receive on his first Friday on the island, and how does he feel about it?
3. In the beginning of Chapter Eight, how does Linus end up getting out of bed, and why?
4. Where does Linus Baker work, and what is his job?
5. What comments in Linus's first report to DICOMY seem a little out of character for him?
6. What amusing and ironic contrast does the author create between the way Lucy presents himself and the reality of the child?
7. In Chapter One, who is Daisy, and what has she done to get into trouble?
8. What does Linus give Theodore, and why?
9. In Chapter Two, what happens to Linus's shirt, and why is he afraid that it will be a problem at work?
10. Who is Talia, and what does she threaten to do to Linus when he first meets her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the messages that The House in the Cerulean Sea sends about the importance of both giving and accepting kindness.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, words that people have spoken to Linus come back to him and he understands them in a new way. Write an essay in which you show how the author uses these incidents to indicate how Linus is growing and changing as a character.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the thematic motif of dreams in The House in the Cerulean Sea. Be sure to defend your ideas with evidence from the text.
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