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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. In Chapter 20, what does Dr. Upendra serve Fan for dessert?

2. In Chapter 19, who does Mala get to help Four and Five?

3. In Chapter 23, where does Oliver believe that some of his colleagues have connections?

4. In Chapter 18, what is the name of the doctor who comes to tend to the girls who get sick?

5. In Chapter 25, where are Betty's parents going on a cruise?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Vik take Fan in Chapter 22, and what does Fan discover there?

2. In Chapter 16, what is Mister Leo's condition?

3. In Chapter 23, what meeting is held in West B-Mor and why?

4. In Chapter 13, how do B-Mor residents get a chance to live in a Charter village, and who had that opportunity?

5. In Chapter 20, what happened after Five nearly dies?

6. What happens at the end of Chapter 14 when Fan tries to stay awake?

7. In Chapter 18, what happens when Three asks Miss Cathy for Fan's release?

8. What are the girls like that Fan meets at the end of Chapter 16 and who are they?

9. At the end of Chapter 26 what are Oliver's plans for Fan and how does she escape?

10. Why do the girls in Chapter 17 each spend a night sleeping on a bed near Miss Cathy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When people get old and sick, medical care ceases and they are left to die. What seems to be the attitude toward the elderly in B-Mor? What value do the elderly have? Why are the elderly expected to give up their lives? What is revealed about the value of old age in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is told from a first-person plural point of view. How does the way that the story is told affect what readers know and think of Fan? How does the point of view create a distance between readers and fan? How does using the first-person plural point of view affect the development of Fan’s story?

Essay Topic 3

Oliver decides to rebuild in the B-Mor style. What seems to motivate him to want to have his structures resemble B-Mor homes? What does that reveal about the way that Oliver has adjusted to Charter life? What does that reveal about his character?

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