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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 reduces Luke to tears in Section IV, Chapter 2?
2. What is the name of the new boy who attacks Avery in Section IV, Chapter 12?
3. What is the name of the maid Luke meets in Section II, Chapter 9?
4. Of what animal does Luke receive an image at the end of Section IV, Chapter 29?
5. What information does Avery know about Maureen, as he reveals in Section IV, Chapter 11?
Short Essay Questions
1. Name and describe two residents of DuPray that Tim befriends in Section I, Chapter 11.
2. What people does Luke meet at the beginning of Section III? What is each like?
3. What does Mr. Greer tell Luke's parents in Section II, Chapter 1?
4. Describe the town of DuPray as Tim first encounters it in Section I, Chapter 4.
5. What plan does Avery tell Luke about in the middle of the night during Section IV, Chapter 29?
6. What two jobs does Tim take in DuPray in Section I, Chapter 10? Why?
7. What does Luke think is odd about the Institute's tests, as explained in Section IV, Chapter 27?
8. What does Luke learn when he first uses his computer Section III, Chapter 10?
9. Which individual does Luke meet in Section IV, Chapter 23? What does this person say to him?
10. Why does Tim get off the flight to New York in Section I, Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the beginning of the novel, the narrator states, “Great events turn on small hinges” (9). Explain how this idea is essential to the novel as a whole.
Essay Topic 2
Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Mrs. Sigsby answer this question? How would Tim Jamieson?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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