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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 is Linus surprised to see on Lucy's walls?
2. In Chapter Six, what skill is Linus surprised to find that Arthur has?
3. Whose house do the children find in the forest in Chapter Ten?
4. What kind of being is Theodore?
5. When Linus asks the receptionist in Chapter Three "How do I look?" what is her reply (37)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What comparison is Arthur making when he says at dinner that what he learned that day was that "gifts come in all shapes and sizes, and when we expect them the least"? (105)
2. In Chapter Two, what news does Ms. Jenkins give Linus, and how does Linus feel about it?
3. What vehicle does Linus see parked by the house in Chapter Five, and what does he deduce from it?
4. What happens on Linus and Zoe's Chapter Ten ferry ride to town, and what does it show about Linus?
5. In Chapter Two, what happens to Linus's shirt, and why is he afraid that it will be a problem at work?
6. During the "Expressing Yourself" part of their lessons in Chapter Eight, what does Sal talk about, and what is his meaning?
7. What are some of the ways that Extremely Upper Management has arranged its offices to intimidate people?
8. What question does Linus ask the postal clerk as he is leaving the post office, and why does he ask?
9. What amusing and ironic contrast does the author create between the way Lucy presents himself and the reality of the child?
10. What comments in Linus's first report to DICOMY seem a little out of character for him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an analysis of Arthur's character that makes an argument about what in his life experience prepares him to see Linus's special qualities when so many others have overlooked them.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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