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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 is Wade's Latin teacher in school?

2. Who appears in the fifth slot on the OASIS Score Board in Chapter 13?

3. How far is the hill that indicates the Tomb of Horrors from Wade's school?

4. When was the video game "Joust" produced?

5. Where is Aech when he calls Wade in the morning in the beginning of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of fame illustrated in Chapter 12?

2. How are the gunter clans described in Ready Player One?

3. How have Wade’s circumstances changed in Chapter 16?

4. What competition must Wade engage in, in order to attain the key in Chapter 8?

5. What happens when Wade attains the key in Chapter 8?

6. How would you describe the protagonist of Ready Player One?

7. What conflict is presented in the Prologue to Ready Player One?

8. What is the name of Wade’s avatar? To what is Wade’s avatar an allusion?

9. What does Wade learn from Aech in Chapter 15? How does he respond?

10. Who is Aech? What is this character’s relationship to the protagonist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Sorrento in Ready Player One. Where does Wade first encounter Sorrento? Is this character a friend or foe to the protagonist? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Aech in the novel. What does Aech’s avatar look like? How does this differ from Aech’s true appearance in the “real world”? Where does Aech live?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the setting of OASIS in Ready Player One. How would you compare this virtual reality with your world today? How many planets and/or universes exist within OASIS? How are those settings described?

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