The Humans: A Novel Test | Final Test - Medium

Matt Haig
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 164 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Humans: A Novel Test | Final Test - Medium

Matt Haig
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 164 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is as universal as oxygen?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Grief.
(c) Love.
(d) Imagination.

2. How many students does Andrew Martin have, when the narrator walks into his classroom?
(a) 88.
(b) 102.
(c) 220.
(d) 34.

3. How does Maggie characterize the experience of being human?
(a) Being given a car you cannot drive.
(b) Being shown a life you cannot live.
(c) Being told about gods you cannot hear from.
(d) Being money you cannot spend.

4. What does the narrator say he always needed, instead of emotions?
(a) Strict commands.
(b) Mathematical truth.
(c) Directives from superiors.
(d) Teamwork.

5. How does the narrator destroy the replacement’s gifts?
(a) By burning his hand on the stove.
(b) By beheading him.
(c) By cutting off his hand.
(d) By keeping the tv and radio on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say opened in him as he left Andrew Martin’s house?

2. What injury does the narrator suffer after falling from the roof with Gulliver?

3. What does the narrator say he found terrifying about making love with Maggie?

4. What does Ari compare prime numbers to?

5. What does the narrator say love allows humans to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What contrast does the narrator draw between his home and Earth, after Isobel takes care of him?

2. What happens when the narrator sets Gulliver up to fight Theo “The Fucking Business” Clarke (181)?

3. What effect does the host's “warning” have on the narrator (159)?

4. What happens to prevent the narrator killing Gulliver?

5. What effect does the evening out at Hamlet have on Isobel?

6. What is the narrator about to tell Isobel when he sees Zӧe being harassed on the street?

7. What gesture does Isobel Martin make at Daniel Russell’s funeral, and how does it affect the narrator?

8. What do the narrator’s hosts say when he tells them that he needs more time?

9. How does Maggie characterize what it means to be human?

10. What explanation does the narrator offer the hosts, for his inability to perform the task he was sent to perform?

(see the answer keys)

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