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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. How is the killing justified?

2. What does Ashley tell Kayla to do?

3. What does the doctor at the hospital insist they do with Kayla?

4. What happens if the hospital determines a child may have a future problem?

5. What does Kayla not want to reveal about being late to the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gene tell Kayla about his work?

3. According to the Tribune E-Journal, what happened to Kayla's father?

4. What does Allyson say about insurance companies and genetic coding?

5. According to Ashley, what is the hospital doing?

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

7. What is the proposal Senator David Young opposes? What do those who support the proposal say about Young's opposition?

8. What does Kayla ask the guidance counselor concerning his tattoo? What is his reply?

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

10. What does Kayla learn Amber has done on the morning of Kayla's seventeenth birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Often, authors will write about "what they know." So, sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the book more interesting. Research Suzanne Weyn, the author of The Bar Code Tattoo. What events in Weyn's background may have helped her in writing The Bar Code Tattoo? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes? Give textual evidence for support.

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