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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 is Gene's job?
2. Where does August suggest the group might meet up if they have to leave their homes?
3. Why does Kayla decide not to have the tattoo?
4. Who is Gene Drake?
5. What does Kayla do in the stairwell after she leaves the counselor's office?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Amber say about her tattoo?
2. What vision does Kayla have when she is cleaning the blood stains from the bathtub?
3. What happens when Kayla tries to access her father's files after her mother leaves? Who helps her?
4. Which club is Kayla trying to find? Who takes her there?
5. What does Kayla agree to do on her seventeenth birthday?
6. What are Amber's parents fighting about when Kayla arrives at their house?
7. What does Kayla watch happen next door on the evening of her seventeenth birthday?
8. Kayla's mother finds Joseph Reed's file. What does the file say about his genetic code?
9. Why are Amber and her parents living in the Route Nine Motor Inn?
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 is a plot? List and define the most important elements of plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Bar Code Tattoo, identifying where in the novel the elements of the plot occur. Do you find it difficult to identify the plot elements? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as mirror for the readers? Why or why not?
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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