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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 new weapon has Jack added to his arsenal since taking the memories of Jeremiah Brooks?

2. Who accuses Hastings of using charms to influence the outcome of the games?

3. What concerns Hastings most about Jack's training?

4. According to Hastings, whom was he not allowed to train in Susannah's family?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who helps save Jack's life in Chapter 11? How?

5. Where does Longbranch want Jack to fight? What excuse does Longbranch come up with to hide Jack's death in the fight?

6. What happens to Jack as he and Linda attempt to find sanctuary in a small church near Westminster Abbey? Who does Linda say Jack needs to heal him?

7. Who breaks into Hastings house while Becka and Hastings are out one evening? What does this person want from Jack?

8. What does Hastings tell Jack will happen if the Rules of Engagement are ever broken? What does this have to do with the origin of the Weir stones?

9. What is Raven's Ghyll? Why has Hastings decided to take Jack there through the back way?

10. At the amusement park, Ellen pretends to throw a slushy on Jack, but misses and hits the water. What happens next? Why did Ellen do this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How old is Jack Swift when the novel begins? Why does Jack forget to take his medication? What does Jack think the medication is for? What happens when Jack tries out for soccer after forgetting his medication? What does Jack attribute this change to? Why is Becka upset with Jack when he returns home after soccer tryouts? What does Becka make Jack take almost immediately after he walks in the door? What does Becka think Jack is taking his medication for? Who plans to come visit Jack, as the reader learns in Chapter 1? What does Jack think of this surprise visit?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following relationships in an essay:

1) Lee and Carrie

2) Lee and Wylie

3) Linda and Longbranch

4) Jack, Will, and Fitch.

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