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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. Why does Jack agree to play in the Games?

2. What is Hastings accused of having done to deserve punishment?

3. What does Jack learn about Hastings experience with the Games?

4. In Chapter 17, what does Jack see in Blaise's mirror before the Games begin?

5. What does Linda tell Jack that the branch of the family began using as their emblem rather than the Red or White Rose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What theory does Fitch tell Linda about Susannah's death?

2. Who is ministering Jack when he wakes in Cumbria? How did she get there?

3. Who objects to Jack's participation in the Games? For what reason?

4. How does Jack manage to sneak into Ellen's room to speak to her the night before the Games? What is said?

5. What habit have Hastings and Becka gotten into since Jack's recovery? How does Jack feel about Becka's continuing presence?

6. Who is the first to put forth a warrior in the ceremony to register the warriors? Who does not have a warrior? Why not?

7. How does Jack use magic to keep from hurting Ellen during the first part of the Games? How does this force a change in the rules?

8. Why is Jack called out of class in Chapter 11? What does Jack believe is happening?

9. Who is the Red Rose warrior? Why does Jack tell Hastings he will not be able to kill this warrior?

10. For what trip is Jack packing at the end of Chapter 11? What does he pack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following in an essay:

1) Theme

2) Setting

3) Language

4) Point of View.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Jack's opponent in the Games? How does Jack feel when he learns about the identity of this opponent? What does this person tell Jack was her role in Trinity when Jack thought she was just another student at Trinity High School? Why does Jack go to see this opponent the night before the Games? How? Does this meeting serve to help or make matters worse for Jack? What does Jack say to this opponent that makes the reader fear Jack will lose the Games due to his own inability to kill his opponent?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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