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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 new, surprising information does Dhatt tell Borlú?

2. Borlú is pleased to find what has been displayed throughout the city?

3. Where does the Oversight Committee hold its meetings?

4. According to information Borlú has received, the victim was studying what?

5. What is Inspector Borlú's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the pathologist determine about the victim?

2. What information does Borlú learn from Khurusch?

3. Who is Syedr and what does he believe about Breach?

4. Who is Khurusch and where was he on the night of the murder?

5. Following the Oversight Committee's decision, what is happening to Borlú and Corwi?

6. What happens to the victim's parents?

7. What is Orciny?

8. When Borlú arrives at an investigative dead end, Dhatt recommends he return to what? What is the outcome of this advice?

9. Who is Harkad Gosz and what does Borlú learn from him?

10. How does Corwi disagree with the initial theory of the murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you classify the novel? Is it a murder mystery? Science fiction? Fantasy? Crime novel? Choose a classification and argue why the novel fits it best.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the resolution to the mystery of the murder of Mahalia Geary. Is the resolution a satisfying one? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of Corwi, Dhatt, and Ashil. What does his interactions with each tell us about Borlú?

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