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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 part of Marcus's body is injured?
2. On page 37, Linus enters a "rotunda." What feature of a room does this word describe?
3. In Chapter Six, what skill is Linus surprised to find that Arthur has?
4. What is implied on page 90 when Linus remembers having stared at the picture of Arthur "for longer than was probably proper"?
5. During their adventure in the forest, what does Lucy keep warning everyone about?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two things does Lucy wish that he could have in his room, but Arthur has forbidden them?
2. Describe the house on Marsyas Island.
3. What happens on Linus and Zoe's Chapter Ten ferry ride to town, and what does it show about Linus?
4. What upsetting information does Linus learn about Sal's history in Chapter Seven?
5. When Linus is on the train in Chapter Four, how is he feeling, and what changes his mood?
6. Who is Lucy, and what about reading this child's file so upsets Linus?
7. In Chapter One, who is Daisy, and what has she done to get into trouble?
8. In Chapter One, why does the master of the orphanage ask Linus how he can do what he does for a living?
9. What does Linus give Theodore, and why?
10. In the beginning of Chapter Eight, how does Linus end up getting out of bed, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the symbolic significance of the two Saturday adventures that Linus goes on with the children. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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
Several characters in The House in the Cerulean Sea issue threats against Linus. It is clear, though, that only some of these characters actually mean what they are saying. Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the meaning of different characters' threatening words.
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