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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 does the specialist not know about Cameron's disease?

2. Who does Cameron have to save?

3. Where does Cameron have to go to speak to a specialist?

4. Why can't Cameron sleep at night?

5. What is Cameron's father a professor of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Chet and Cameron argue about in the hospital?

2. What does the 90 year old woman tell Cameron in the hospital?

3. What does CESSNAB stand for?

4. What memories does Cameron's mother want him to think about while at the hospital?

5. How does Cameron's father make him feel on the family dinner outing?

6. What does Chet say about the reading assignment in English class?

7. What favor does Junior ask of Cameron?

8. Why does Gonzo say he is in the hospital?

9. What is the mission of CESSNAB?

10. What does Cameron notice as he is driving to work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens at the end of the book, and how does this make you feel?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Simmons have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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