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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 university does Jared attend before he is loaned out?
2. Who says, "I am B," in Jared's May 23 diary entry?
3. When Jared goes to see Charles speak on May 19, what time does he arrive?
4. In Shirin's bricolage, what does the pen represent?
5. Shirin says the the real gods write in what rather than words?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jared find a crowd doing the second time he goes to hear Charles speak?
2. What does Charles tell Jared about the master's two sets of teaching?
3. Why does Shirin want to teach Jared in a different way than Charles did?
4. What is the story of the Imperial Chill that Shirin tells Jared?
5. What does B tell Jared about the Tak?
6. What does B mean when he says he wants to save the world?
7. Why does Jared become disturbed by the idea that some questions are dangerous?
8. Describe the bricolage that Shirin makes for Jared as they walk through the park?
9. In what way do Takers see the world, according to B?
10. Describe the anonymous phone call Jared receives at his hotel room after he hears Charles give a lecture for the first time.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Jared's transformation into B. How does it take place? What reaction does he receive from others who can sense he will soon become B? Why do you think the author chooses to make Jared become B?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the book Shirin and Charles tell Jared stories and present him with analogies. List two of these instances and explain their significance to the book and to B's message. What do these stories represent? Why do Shirin and Charles teach this way?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the effectiveness of the story's ending. How does the plot end? How does the actual text end? Why do you think the author chooses to end his narrative without resolving what happens with Jared and Shirin? What purpose might this sense of unknowing serve for the reader?
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