The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which statement best illustrates Jenna’s infantile understanding of the world at the beginning of the novel?

A) Jenna describes Mr. Bender as “sitting on his haunches, like I have seen three-year-old Jenna do in the video discs.”

B) Jenna becomes frustrated when she is unable to feed the birds.

C) Jenna realizes for the first time that she has only been living in California for two weeks.

D) Jenna yearns to meet someone outside “her own curious circle.”

2. Why does The Adoration of Jenna Fox qualify as a cross-genre novel?

A) It has aspects of a family drama as well as science fiction.

B) It has aspects of fantasy as well as science fiction.

C) It has aspects of an epic tale as well as fantasy.

D) It has aspects of a dystopian novel as well as historical fiction.

3. Why is it so important to Jenna to make connections outside of her family?

A) She feels isolated and controlled at home.

B) She does not get along with Lily.

C) Her friends help her escape her injuries.

D) She does not like her mother.

4. What is an example of Jenna’s desire to connect with the natural world?

A) Her memorization of Walden

B) Her walks

C) Her desire to feed the sparrows with Mr.