The Test (Applegate novel)

This article is about the Animorphs novel. For the Mary Tappan Wright novel, see The Test (novel).

The Test
Tobias morphing into a Taxxon
Author	K. A. Applegate
Cover artist	David B. Mattingly
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Animorphs #43
Genre	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Scholastic
Publication date	June 2000
Media type	Print
Pages	135
ISBN	0-439-11517-5
OCLC	44438361
LC Class	CPB Box no. 1879 vol. 4
Preceded by	The Journey
Followed by	The Unexpected

The Test is the 43rd book in the Animorphs series, written by K.A. Applegate. It was ghostwritten by Ellen Geroux. It is narrated by Tobias.

Plot summary

As the book opens, Tobias discovers Bobby McIntyre, a missing child who was hiking through the woods. He leads the boy's father and a search party to his son.

Throughout the book Tobias deals with the psychological after-effects of the torture he endured at the hands of the sadistic sub-visser Taylor. He continues to question his own strength and resolve.

Taylor, claiming she is now part of the Yeerks' Peace Movement, enlists Tobias to try and sabotage the Yeerk pool. All of the other Animorphs, except for Cassie, who declines on moral grounds, accompany him and Ax as they dig a tunnel to the pool. In order to dig a tunnel to the Yeerk pool, Tobias and Ax alternate turns in Taxxon morph, which has a nearly uncontrollable constant hunger. In fact, Taylor has been working for Visser Three, and sets off a gas explosion. Cassie is able to turn off the gas from its control station, injuring several humans in the process. She is once again distraught by the violence she has had to use to save her friends. Taylor is presumably killed in the gas explosion.

The book ends with Rachel and Tobias on the beach. She holds his hand and reassures him that he is not weak and encourages him to let go of the past.

Contributions to the series' story arc

Taylor is believed to be killed.
Taylor mentions to Tobias that the Yeerks' invasion of Anati planet - supervision of which was given to Visser One in Visser - is floundering.

Morphs

Morpher	Morphs acquired	Morphs used
Jake		Siberian tiger, gray wolf
Rachel		Grizzly bear
Tobias	Human (Taylor), Taxxon	Human (Taylor), Taxxon, Andalite, bat
Cassie		Wolf ("offscreen")
Marco		Gorilla, wolf
Ax	Taxxon	Taxxon

This book was the first to feature a cross-gender human morph, when Tobias morphs Taylor. Although Tobias technically morphs from hawk to girl (as opposed to morphing from boy to girl), it is the first time in the series that any of the characters became a human member of the opposite sex.

K. A. Applegate's Animorphs series

Main series	The Invasion The Visitor The Encounter The Message The Predator The Capture The Stranger The Alien The Secret The Android The Forgotten The Reaction The Change The Unknown The Escape The Warning The Underground The Decision The Departure The Discovery The Threat The Solution The Pretender The Suspicion The Extreme The Attack The Exposed The Experiment The Sickness The Reunion The Conspiracy The Separation The Illusion The Prophecy The Proposal The Mutation The Weakness The Arrival The Hidden The Other The Familiar The Journey The Test The Unexpected The Revelation The Deception The Resistance The Return The Diversion The Ultimate The Absolute The Sacrifice The Answer The Beginning

Megamorphs	The Andalite's Gift In the Time of Dinosaurs Elfangor's Secret Back to Before

Chronicles	The Andalite Chronicles The Hork-Bajir Chronicles Visser The Ellimist Chronicles

Alternamorphs	The First Journey The Next Passage

Television series	Animorphs

Video games	Animorphs: Know the Secret Animorphs: Shattered Reality Game Boy Color game

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