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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. In Chapter Eighteen, when Ms. Jenkins asks Linus if he is trying to get promoted to Supervisor, what is Linus's response?
2. What does Linus realize when he looks at his old case files in Chapter Eighteen?
3. As Linus approaches the cellar, he thinks that soon "this bright flash of color would be nothing but a memory" (294). What is the "bright flash of color" he is thinking about?
4. In the letter that Linus gets from DICOMY at the end of Chapter Twelve, what does Werner hint at?
5. When the Epilogue begins, how long has it been since Linus returned to the island?
Short Essay Questions
1. Chapter Nineteen starts three weeks after the end of Chapter Eighteen. What has Linus been doing in those three weeks?
2. What is different about Linus's attitude in his Chapter Eighteen conversation with Extremely Upper Management?
3. When Linus volunteers to go to the mainland with Arthur in Chapter Sixteen, what problem does he foresee, and how is it resolved?
4. When Linus is putting Lucy to bed in Chapter Seventeen, what does Lucy confide in Linus about Arthur?
5. In the beginning of Chapter Nineteen, who appears at Linus's desk, and why has she come to see him?
6. In Chapter Fifteen, what reasons does Linus give himself for trying to ignore Charles Werner's letter?
7. In Linus's Chapter Eleven report to DICOMY, what first impression about the orphanage does he try to correct?
8. In Chapter Sixteen, how does Theodore show his trust in and feelings for Linus?
9. When Lucy's records are broken in Chapter Thirteen, what do Linus and Arthur each do to comfort him?
10. In Chapter Thirteen, Linus writes a report in which he says that he will give more details about Arthur. What does he actually write, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several characters in The House in the Cerulean Sea issue threats against Linus. It is clear, though, that only some of these characters actually mean what they are saying. Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the meaning of different characters' threatening words.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, words that people have spoken to Linus come back to him and he understands them in a new way. Write an essay in which you show how the author uses these incidents to indicate how Linus is growing and changing as a character.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical purpose of including magic and magical beings in a novel that is really making a point about how human beings treat one another in the real world. Use textual evidence to support your claims.
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