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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 do the girls spend the rest of the hour doing?

2. Why do Link and Marty pull Titus into the bedroom?

3. What are the frat boys wearing at the club that Titus expresses interest in?

4. What does Marty call Link often in the first chapter?

5. Why is Link taller than everyone else?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the television show "based on a true story" advertised at the end of 'The Nose Grid'.

2. At the party, Titus' feed reports that the president is making a speech. Describe the content of the speech, and your reaction to it.

3. Describe how the teenagers are attacked.

4. Describe why the girls help Quendy with her hair, and why Titus finds this important.

5. Explain what Violet means by the days at the hospital being salad days.

6. Describe what the girl does with her juice at the end of 'Juice', and why this is significant.

7. Titus reflects that, without the feed, their "heads felt real empty" (pg. 46). What is your response?

8. Loga was not touched by the hacker. How do you think she feels?

9. Why does Titus claim the moon is boring and 'sucky'?

10. Explain the protests about the moon.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From the beginning of the novel to the end of the novel, Titus makes a full character transformation. Using details from the book, describe how Titus' character changes throughout the novel. How does he appear at the beginning of the novel? What are his primary concerns? What does he feel when Violet begins to go into mal, and begins to decline in health? What are his concerns at the end of the novel? Why do you think he has changed so drastically?

Essay Topic 2

Violet's father feels very differently about the world than other individuals. Discuss Violet's father. Why is he different than other parents? What is his primary goal? Why does he home school Violet? What effect does this have on her? What is his passion? Why does he choose to speak as he does? Who does he blame at the end of the novel for the death of his daughter, and why?

Essay Topic 3

The language used by the author in the novel is definitely different than in other novels. What do you think the author was trying to achieve with this language? Do you think the language helps convey the concepts of teenage life, or do you think it detracts from the novel?

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