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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jerome when he visits the Space Field?

2. What is unique about Joe's appearance?

3. Who calls Jerome to tell him Juwain is ill?

4. In "Tale 3", where does Nathaniel invite Grant?

5. Why does Grant take an atomic gun into the woods in "Tale 3"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gramps help with a solution to all the empty houses?

2. In "Tale 2", what does the funeral make Jerome think about?

3. In the Preface, how are the Dogs' tales shared?

4. In the Preface, how do Dogs view man?

5. In the Preface, what purpose do the tales the Dogs share serve?

6. What happens when Johnny goes to the Bureau of human adjustment?

7. At the end of "Tale 3", what does Grant ask of Nathaniel?

8. How does Jerome react when he learns that Juwain is ill?

9. In "Notes 1", what does Tigre think of the tales?

10. In "Tale 1", what problem does Johnny have with Levi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use long descriptive passages in this novel? What makes these effective? What makes them ineffective? How do they relate to the themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of technology in this novel? What is the author's commentary on technology?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the theme of isolationism as it is presented in "City".

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