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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. Which doctor is the head of Ophthalmology Operations at the Institute?

2. What reaction does Luke have the first time he sees the dots in Section IV, Chapter 13?

3. What is the name of DuPray's town barber?

4. Who owned Luke's computer before he receives it?

5. Upon meeting Mrs. Sigsby in Section III, Chapter 11, Luke thinks she reminds him of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two jobs does Tim take in DuPray in Section I, Chapter 10? Why?

2. What does Luke think is odd about the Institute's tests, as explained in Section IV, Chapter 27?

3. How is Luke taken in Section II, Chapter 6?

4. What information does Avery have in Section IV, Chapter 11? How does he come by this knowledge?

5. What information does the reader learn from the conversation between Sigsby and Stackhouse in Section II, Chapter 8?

6. What happens when Luke is given an injection in Section IV, Chapter 13?

7. What is done to Luke in Section III, Chapter 7?

8. What information does Luke learn in Section IV, Chapter 28? What is his reaction?

9. What does the reader learn about Luke's abilities in Section II, Chapter 3?

10. Which individual does Luke meet in Section IV, Chapter 23? What does this person say to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using an omniscient perspective. How does viewing the action through the eyes of an omniscient narrator affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one perspective?

Essay Topic 2

The power of information and knowledge is a major theme of the novel. Choose three situations in which the power of information is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates the power of information and knowledge.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mrs. Sigsby’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is she a good person? In what ways is she a bad one?

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