Independent Novel Study

You are to read two novels and complete a 50 question comprehension test for each novel. To prepare for the test there are 100 question practice test to complete. Once you have read your novel and completed the practice test you can ask Mr. Malik for the 50 question test.

The first novel is to be completed on or before Thursday, May 7th, 2020 and the second by Friday, May 29th, 2020.

You may choose from the following novels.

Life of Pi

BY YANN MARTEL

One boy. One boat. One tiger.

After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan--and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and beloved works of fiction in recent years.

• Online Book - http://thefreeonlinenovel.com/bi/life-of-pi
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/lifeofpi/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/lifeofpi/quiz/

I Am the Cheese

BY ROBERT CORMIER

A boy's search for his father becomes a desperate journey to unlock a secret past. But it is a past that must not be remembered...if he is to survive.

• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/cheese/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/cheese/quiz/

To Kill A Mockingbird

BY HARPER LEE

Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/quiz/

Summer of My German Soldier

BY BETTE GREENE

Summer of My German Soldier is a book by Bette Greene first published in 1973. The story is told in first person narrative by a twelve-year-old Jewish girl named Patty Bergen living in Jenkinsville, Arkansas during World War II.

Lord of the Flies

BY WILLIAM GOLDING

Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding. The book's premise focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their attempt to govern themselves, with disastrous results.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/flies/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/flies/quiz/

1984

BY GEORGE ORWELL

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/quiz/

Animal Farm

BY GEORGE ORWELL

Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/quiz/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/quiz/

Dracula

BY BRAM STOKER

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dracula/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dracula/quiz/

Jane Eyre

BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE

Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell."

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/janeeyre/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/janeeyre/quiz/

Frankenstein

BY MARY SHELLEY

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/quiz/

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/jekyll/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/jekyll/quiz/

The Time Machine

BY H. G. WELLS

A group of men, including the narrator, is listening to the Time Traveller discuss his theory that time is the fourth dimension. The Time Traveller produces a miniature time machine and makes it disappear into thin air. The next week, the guests return, to find their host stumble in, looking disheveled and tired. They sit down after dinner, and the Time Traveller begins his story.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/timemachine/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/timemachine/quiz/

Shane

BY JACK SCHAEFER

Shane is a western novel by Jack Schaefer published in 1949. It was initially published in 1946 in three parts in Argosy magazine, and originally titled Rider from Nowhere.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/shane/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/shane/quiz/

The Outsiders

BY S. E. HINTON

The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school.

• Note: A PDF is available at the bottom of this page.
• Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/outsiders/
• Full Book Quiz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/outsiders/quiz/