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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 Luke wakes up in Section II, Chapter 7, what is missing from his room?
2. What information does Avery know about Maureen, as he reveals in Section IV, Chapter 11?
3. Who is the head of security at the Institute?
4. How is Luke demeaned in Chapter IV, Chapter 8?
5. According to Luke in Section IV, Chapter 27, what is odd about the Institute's tests?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does Gladys tell Luke in Section III, Chapter 8?
2. What information does Avery have in Section IV, Chapter 11? How does he come by this knowledge?
3. What information does the reader learn about Luke's abilities in Section IV, Chapter 17?
4. What plan does Avery tell Luke about in the middle of the night during Section IV, Chapter 29?
5. What two jobs does Tim take in DuPray in Section I, Chapter 10? Why?
6. How is Luke demeaned in Section IV, Chapter 8? Why, according to Luke is this done?
7. What advice does George offer Luke in Section III, Chapter 4?
8. Name and describe two residents of DuPray that Tim befriends in Section I, Chapter 11.
9. How does Tim prove himself a valuable member of the DuPray community at the end of Section I?
10. What information does Luke learn from Kalisha in Section II, Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Luke finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Mrs. Sigsby’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is she a good person? In what ways is she a bad one?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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