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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. Stephanie, her friends, and the children arrive at the town of _____ where the possessor Ekelund is gathering a force of possessed to combat.

2. Whose ship makes contact with the Mindor, a blackhawk turned hellhawk possessed by Rocio Condra?

3. Who does Mzu go to meet when her car is followed by Joshua and his companions, Monica and Samuel, various other agents, and the local police?

4. Where does Ralph go and see preparations being made for the massive combined effort to rid Mortonridge of the possessed?

5. What happens to Maynard Khanna that sabotages the plans of the Navy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the power inherent in the Alchemist?

2. What creates heavy conflict on Nyvan without any reason as the factions close in on Mzu trying to escape with the Alchemist?

3. How is Rocio's hellhawk emblematic of his desire for freedom?

4. How is Quinn's deranged mental state evident in the bloody massacre of Dwyer?

5. Why does Monica press a gun to Joshua's back after escaping the basin?

6. How have the main characters of Mzu, Joshua, Liol, Samuel, Monica, and others grown by the end of the novel?

7. What is the cliffhanger pertaining to Tranquility at the end of the book?

8. How are the fates of Louise and Genevieve left uncertain at the end of the book?

9. Why does Quinn torture the Christian priest?

10. What happens when a possessed goes to zero tau?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Human origins are discussed at length in Foundations' Edge? How did humanity evolve?? How has humanity colonized and expanded its territory in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Rubra. What is his role in "The Neutronium Alchemist Conflict"? What was Hamilton trying to accomplish by creating Rubra's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Psychic phenomena is another important theme of Hamilton's book. Where and how are these phenomena revealed and in what ways? Do they change over time? Do they evoke certain emotions in characters and do they promote change or transformation?

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