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Ready Player One

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the virtual world that is the main setting of Ready Player One?

a)

The World Wide Web

b)

The Sahara

c)

The Oasis

d)

The Stacks

2.

The creator of the virtual world is

a)

Art3mis

b)

James Halliday

c)

Wade Watts

d)

Aesch Billingsly

3.

The protagonist in Ready Player One has several names. What is his name given by his parents at birth?

a)

James Halliday

b)

David Lightman

c)

Aech

d)

Wade Watts

4.

What made our protagonist prefer virtual high school to face to face high school?

a)

He excelled at virtual sports.

b)

He considered himself an unattractive geek and was picked on.

c)

His mother could not afford to send him to real world high school.

d)

He was handicapped and could not get to real world high school alone.

5.

What was our protagonist's virtual high school tag name?

a)

Parzival

b)

Art3mis

c)

Wade3

d)

Knight Rider

6.

Who did the protagonist live with most of the time at the beginning of the book?

a)

His aunt and about 14 other people

b)

His brother Aech and family

c)

In an orphanage

d)

His mom and dad

7.

Why does the protagonist stay on the planet Ludus in the virtual world?

a)

He isn't allowed to go anywhere else until he finishes school.

b)

He is fearful of traveling alone.

c)

He has no money to travel anywhere.

d)

A person cannot move off the planet they are on in the virtual world.

8.

Who does the protagonist have a crush on?

a)

A virtual world blogger named Aech.

b)

A girl in his history class.

c)

A virtual world female blogger named Art3mis.

d)

The girl who lives above him in the trailer park.

9.

Our protagonist does not like someone in his circle of virtual friends whose virtual name is _______.

a)

Aech

b)

Parzival

c)

Art3mis

d)

I-r0k

10.

What is IOI (Innovative Online Industries)?

a)

The company who owns the virtual world.

b)

The founder of the Easter Egg contest.

c)

A company who wants to make money off of and control the virtual world.

d)

The company owned by the protagonist's father who has controlling interest of the World Wide Web.

11.

How has Wade’s scrupulous study of The Almanac paid off as he searches for the Copper Key?

a)

In the course of his research he discovered an old Dungeons & Dragons supplement called, Tomb of Horrors, which allowed Parzival (Wade) to go through the Tomb unharmed.

b)

In the course of his research he discovered how to obtain the A +1 Flaming Sword, the A Gem of Seeing, the A +1 Ring of Protection, and a full suite of =3 Full Plate Armor.

c)

His research prepared him to know exactly what game and who he would be facing once he made it to Pillared Throne Room (Acererak).

d)

The many hours of playing Joust with his best friend (Aech) prepared him to beat Acereak and win the Copper Key.

12.

How does Prazival and Art3mis meeting in the Pillared Throne Room (the Tomb) help move the story, Ready Player One, along?

a)

by providing the reader with more details as to where the story takes place, which give adds to the Irony of the story by giving the reader clues as to what will happen.

b)

by providing the reader with more details as to Wade’s character development, which gives the reader clues as to his internal conflict about having beat Acereak while his love interest has not.

c)

by contributing to the conflict of the story, which moves the story forward by adding more tension.

d)

by revealing foreshadowing clues as to how the climax will turn out.