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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 Chief of Medical Operations at the Institute?

2. What website does Luke access in Section IV, Chapter 3?

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

4. According to the narrator in Section I, Chapter 3, on what do great events turn?

5. How is Luke demeaned in Chapter IV, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name and describe two residents of DuPray that Tim befriends in Section I, Chapter 11.

2. What information does the reader learn about Luke's abilities in Section IV, Chapter 17?

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

4. What information does Luke learn from Kalisha in Section II, Chapter 9?

5. How is Luke able to make full use of his computer Section IV, Chapter 3? What does he access?

6. What happens when Luke meets Mrs. Sigsby in Section III, Chapter 11?

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

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

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

10. What does the reader learn about Maureen in Section III, Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the importance of the town of DuPray to the novel. How does this small community influence the novel’s plot, characters, and themes?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast Tim Jamieson and Trevor Stackhouse. How are they similar, and how are they different? How are they powerful, and how are they powerless?

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