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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. Where do Amber and Kayla agree to meet?

2. How is the killing justified?

3. Who works at the place where Amber and Kayla agree to meet?

4. What does Kayla ask her counselor about his wrist?

5. Why does Amber ask Kayla to come to where she is staying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Gene Drake shot and killed?

2. What does Amber say about her tattoo?

3. What are Amber's parents fighting about when Kayla arrives at their house?

4. Where do Amber's parents decide to move? Why does Amber have to go with them?

5. What happens to babies whose genetic code indicates a possible future health problem?

6. What does Gene tell Kayla about his work?

7. What does the doctor at the hospital say he must do to Kayla?

8. What does Kayla read about Louden Waters?

9. When Kayla arrives at his apartment, how does Zekeal explain what he is reading?

10. Which club is Kayla trying to find? Who takes her there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of novels. Analyze how secondary characters in The Bar Code Tattoo help drive the plot. Describe their specific contributions to the storyline.

Essay Topic 2

The Bar Code Tattoo is one book in a series of novels involving Kayla Reed and many of the same characters in this story. What are some advantages and disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Do you prefer to read a standalone book or a book series? Why? Justify your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are three reasons for reading fiction? Discuss whether each of those reasons is satisfied by The Bar Code Tattoo. Justify your answers.

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