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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 Arthur was a child, what did he try to do to help himself and the other children at the Marsyas Orphanage?
2. What Gnomish tradition does Talia make up in Chapter Fifteen?
3. On page 288 of Chapter Fifteen, what does Linus decide that cherry ice cream tastes like?
4. In Chapter Eleven, what does Linus find in Sal's closet?
5. In Chapter Fifteen, whom does Linus share his confusion about the letter and file from DICOMY with?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is different about Linus's attitude in his Chapter Eighteen conversation with Extremely Upper Management?
3. When Linus volunteers to go to the mainland with Arthur in Chapter Sixteen, what problem does he foresee, and how is it resolved?
4. In Chapter Fourteen, how does Talia win over the hardware store owner, and why does this become important later in the chapter?
5. When Linus tells Mrs. Klapper that he is leaving permanently, what questions does she ask him?
6. What demands do the children make when Linus returns to the island?
7. In Chapter Fourteen, what happens to Lucy in the back room at the record store?
8. After dinner in Chapter Fifteen, how do Zoe and Arthur try to give Linus an opening to talk about his suspicions?
9. In the beginning of Chapter Nineteen, who appears at Linus's desk, and why has she come to see him?
10. In Chapter Fourteen, which two children does Linus end up supervising, and what do they keep telling him they want to do while they are in the village?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an explication and analysis of Sal's "paper" speech. Explain what each part of his speech means in a figurative sense and then explain its significance to the overall novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write a pro-con essay that evaluates Arthur Parnassus as a parent. Establish your standards for a "good" parent and then use textual evidence to measure Arthur against this standard, acknowledging where others might argue differently and why.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the role that the government plays in The House in the Cerulean Sea. Be sure to support your claims with textual evidence.
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