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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 does Ana remain committed to teaching Jax at the end of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

2. As Fuwaad’s story, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," begins, he is wandering a market in what city?

3. According to Ana, love means what?

4. What job has Derek taken in Chapter 4 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why has he sent this warning?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does Fuwaad address his tale on page 3? What does he say about his story?

2. How has the digient community expanded in Chapter 2 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

3. What company shows interest in the digients in Chapter 7 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"? What is Derek's reaction to the company's interest?

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how does the Predictor appear to support free will? How does it support determinism?

5. What have people come to expect from digients in Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

6. What does the narrator of "Exhalation" come to understand as a result of his experiment?

7. What is the public's reaction to the narrator's discovery in "Exhalation"? How does the narrator react?

8. What happens to the three main digients in Chapter 10 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

9. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on page 59, what happens after a person gets a Predictor?

10. What unauthorized usage troubles remaining owners in Chapter 4 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell “The Great Silence” from the point of view of a parrot. How does viewing the action through the eyes of a parrot affect the story? How would the story be different if the story was told through a third-person narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of this collection. How is Exhalation an appropriate title for this collection of stories? How does the title reflect the collection’s themes?

Essay Topic 3

Parents play an important role in several stories. Discuss the impact of parents on three characters from three different stories. Explain how each parent develops the plot and themes of the collection.

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