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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. Who does D-503 have to evade in helping protect someone from the Operation?

2. What is visible from aboard the Integral as it hangs in the sky?

3. How long is the period of pious silence before the Day of Unanimity process begins?

4. What does the narrator discover as a boy on the Day of Unanimity?

5. What two forces does I-330 claim are at work in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does U- do that causes D-503 to resent her?

2. What happens as the crowd is trying to escape from the chaos at the ceremony?

3. What does I-330 say about the "last" number?

4. Who does D-503 see together at the ceremony that causes him to feel jealous?

5. The day after the ceremony on the Day of Unanimity, what do the papers report?

6. Who are the people advertised as "the first?"

7. What does D-503 think that his readers truly believe?

8. What happens during the walk that D-503 relates to the time a meteorite fell into the marching rows of people?

9. As a child, why does D-503 get upset on the Day of Unanimity?

10. What happens when the Guardians come to D-503's room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the plot-related elements of fiction in the story. When does the climax occur? The denouement? What events can be considered major events or turning points? What do these elements mean for the rest of the story/characters?

Essay Topic 2

Explain, argue, or defend the notion that "We" is a dystopian novel or a work of science fiction. Can it be both? What elements clearly place it in either category (or both)? Is it just a far-fetched story, or is there an underlying lesson?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss plot vs. narrative in the novel. How do we learn more about the themes, symbols, etc. of the story? Through action? From the narrator's assessment of action?

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