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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. Acker holds what title?

2. What word describes Alice Blue Bottom?

3. When Dolly visits Connie in the hospital, she is evidently what?

4. Acker tries to convince Connie to do what?

5. How did Martin almost lose his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Skip tell Connie when she visits him the night before he is sent home?

2. Describe Jackrabbit's wake.

3. What does Connie have to cope with as she becomes a model patient?

4. As Sappho's body is taken to its resting place, what does Luciente tell Connie?

5. Who is Sappho?

6. What is the nature of the war Luciente's community is fighting?

7. As Connie and the others are beginning their attack in the future, what does Connie flash back to?

8. Who is Gildina?

9. What does Luciente tell Connie about possible futures?

10. How do Chapters 15 and 16 motivate Connie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 15 seems a little out of place in the story. What is the warning that chapter is presenting? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Explain, using examples from the book, what the irony is in Luciente's belief that sometimes murder is okay. Why is it ironic?

Essay Topic 3

Explain, using examples from the book, how Connie's experiences in the future give her determination and goals in the present.

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