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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. In the Epilogue, what does Linus notice right away when he sees David's picture?
2. Besides Sal's room, what does Linus admit he has not yet seen in his Chapter Eleven DICOMY report?
3. When Linus arrives at the Marsyas train station in Chapter Nineteen, what does he realize he has forgotten to do?
4. In Chapter Sixteen, when Theodore is trying to get Linus to follow him, how does he try to persuade Linus to do what he wants?
5. On page 288 of Chapter Fifteen, what does Linus decide that cherry ice cream tastes like?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Fourteen, how does Talia win over the hardware store owner, and why does this become important later in the chapter?
2. In Chapter Thirteen, Linus is awoken in the middle of the night. What does he think is happening at first, and what does he find out is really happening?
3. In Chapter Seventeen, Linus's report writing is interrupted by a knock on his door. Who is there, and what do they want?
4. In Chapter Sixteen, what two reasons does Arthur have for finally revealing himself as a phoenix?
5. In their Chapter Twelve conversation, what is it reasonable to infer changes Arthur's mind about taking the children off the island?
6. In the beginning of Chapter Nineteen, who appears at Linus's desk, and why has she come to see him?
7. What demands do the children make when Linus returns to the island?
8. When Linus decides that he is ready to leave DICOMY for the last time, what does he say to his co-workers?
9. In Linus's Chapter Eleven report to DICOMY, what first impression about the orphanage does he try to correct?
10. When Arthur asks Linus to dance during the going away party, how does Linus think of his choice to dance, and how are his thoughts different from the way the reader is meant to respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical purpose of including magic and magical beings in a novel that is really making a point about how human beings treat one another in the real world. Use textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
The House in the Cerulean Sea contains reports, files, and a rule book. Some of these are excerpted directly, and some of them are only referred to in the narrative--but all of them are an important part of the plot. Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the thematic significance of these documents.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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