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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 is the name of the cafe where Will, Jack, and Fitch wait repeatedly to meet with Linda or speak to her on the phone?

2. In what year does Lee's story take place?

3. What is the Rules of Engagement?

4. Who comes to Jack's house to walk to school with him in Chapter 1?

5. From what point of view is the novel written?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack do when he remembers that he forgot to take his medication?

2. Who confronts Jack after the championship game? What happens?

3. What does Linda tell Jack in Chapter 5 that explains the need for the sword?

4. In Chapter 2, what object does Jack receive from Mercedes? How does Linda encourage him to wear it?

5. What does Nick give to Jack in Chapter 6? What is the purpose of this item?

6. With whom does Jack get into a confrontation with during soccer tryouts? Why?

7. In Chapter 10, where does Jack learn his friends will be spending the summer? Where does Jack learn Ellen will be over the summer?

8. In Chapter 8, what does Hastings teach Jack about the Games? How does Jack feel about what he is learning?

9. In Chapter 3, Jack is attacked by a man with a saber, but does not suffer any injury. How is this possible?

10. In Chapter 8, what does Nick begin to teach Jack? What does Nick give to Jack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the structure of the novel. How is the novel structured? How many narrators are there? Why does the author begin with Lee's story? What is the impact of Lee's story on the reader as the reader learns more and more about the characters in the novel? How does the author build tension in the novel? What is the purpose of the tension in this novel? How does the author use language in this novel? Is the language appropriate to the characters and the plot? How does the author use metaphor and other language devices to tell her story? Does the author develop her themes well? Can you identify some of the themes in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What happens when Linda and Hastings prevent the judges from killing Jack and Ellen at the end of the Games? Who invades the arena and begins to kill some of the judges? Who else appears? What does this person say the judges have awakened with their unfair games? What rule changes are made as a result of Ellen and Jack's tournament? What is Trinity to become for the guilds? Do these new rules solve the problems Leander Hastings was attempting to fix by having Jack fight?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Jack visit with Dr. Longbranch when he first arrives in England? What spell does Dr. Longbranch attempt to cast over Jack? How does this spell fail? What does Dr. Longbranch say she wants Jack to do in the Games? What does Dr. Longbranch suggest they might do with Jack if he survives the Games? How does Jack and Linda escape from Dr. Longbranch? Who tries to kill Linda on the streets? Where do Jack and Linda go for refuge? Who finally comes and rescues Jack? Why does Linda agree to tell everyone Jack is dead?

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