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The Wave Study Guide

by Todd Strasser

The Wave study guide contains a biography of Morton Rhue, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Laurie Saunders is a senior at Gordon High School. She is popular and studious and works as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, The Gordon Grapevine. She is frustrated because although she works hard, the rest of her staff is very lazy and the newspaper always puts out late issues. Meanwhile, Ben Ross is having similar problems. Mr. Ross is a young history teacher who is looking for ways to teach his students about World War II. He shows them a movie about the Holocaust so they will see the negative consequences of dictatorship. The students ask Mr. Ross why anyone would let the Nazis take power, but he doesn’t know himself.

Laurie is in Mr. Ross’s history class and she was deeply disturbed by the movie’s graphic images of suffering and…

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• The Wave Summary
• About The Wave
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Quotes and Analysis
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 1-2
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 3-5
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 6-7
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 8-9
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 10-12
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 13-15
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 16-17
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• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
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