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

2. In Chapter 10, what was the final score of the championship game in soccer?

3. What do Jack, Will, and Fitch do after leaving the library in Chapter 4?

4. Rather than attend a party, Jack decides to walk home with whom in Chapter 10?

5. What is Becka not good at that Jack had to take control of as a young child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack tell Nick about missing his medication? What does Nick say about Jack's reaction?

2. In Chapter 5, why is Jack surprised by the identity of his new trainer?

3. What do Jack, Will, and Fitch find at Susannah's grave? Who tries to take it from Jack?

4. In Chapter 3, whose grave is Linda attempting to find? How old was this person when she died?

5. What surgery did Dr. Longbranch perform on Jackson Swift as an infant? For what reason?

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

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

8. How does Linda suggest Dr. Longbranch can keep Jack from developing his powers in order to allow him to live securely and in secret with his parents until he reaches maturity?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Ellen move in with Will and his family? What does everyone think happened to Ellen's parents? What happens in the relationship between Ellen and Jack after the Games? What happens in the relationship between Linda and Hastings after the Games? How is this a change? What is the relationship with Hastings and Becka like? What does Jack come to realize is happening to Becka the more time she spends with Hastings? How does Jack's relationship with Nick change after the Games? What do Ellen and Jack often sneak off to do even though they no longer need to train as warriors? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Jack Swift? What was he born without that his aunt arranged for him to have inserted? What kind of stone did Linda think Dr. Longbranch had given Jack? What kind of stone did Dr. Longbranch really give to Jack? Why did Dr. Longbranch give Jack the wrong stone? What does Dr. Longbranch expect to happen when Jack grows up? What title does Dr. Longbranch have with the White Rose? Why does Linda believe this means Dr. Longbranch wants Jack for the White Rose? How does Linda convince Dr. Longbranch to allow Jack's parents to raise him? How does Dr. Longbranch suppress Jack's powers as he grows?

Essay Topic 3

Who is kidnapped in England and taken to the site of the Games in order to persuade Jack to fight for a different team? How does Jack react to this kidnapping? How does Hastings secure the lives of those kidnapped? Why does Hastings not try harder to send the kidnapped teens home? How do these two kidnapped figures impact Jack in the hours before the Games are to begin? What kind of mental state is Jack in as he prepares for the Games? What are the stakes should Jack win? Should Jack lose? Who will be most affected by Jack's loss?

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