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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 Felix and the experienced scout team up to do?

2. What is the percentage that the guy who knows about statistics offers Felix of his chance of survival initially?

3. Where does Felix wake up as the sole survivor?

4. What does the prisoner see when he arrives at Sanction?

5. Why do the lights on the face screens of the armor suits blink?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Holly, Jack, and Lya realize about the Guardian?

2. What does Felix discover has happened to the A-team and what does he do?

3. What does Borgyln offer Jack in exchange for helping him?

4. Describe Lewis.

5. Who contacts Holly, Jack, and Lya from Golden and what do they tell them?

6. Why does a prisoner attack a dwarf and another human?

7. Describe the planet Banshee.

8. Describe the planet of Lyndrill and its inhabitants.

9. When the prisoner talks to Borglyn, what is he surprised to discover?

10. What does Hollis do that both Lya and Jack think is dangerous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe some of the settings for Armor. What is the overall setting? Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular culture events. How do these settings even if imaginary, reflect modern settings or culture? Why did the author choose to use these places in the stories?

Essay Topic 2

Steakley is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony, briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the depiction of the only two female characters in the book, Lya and Karen.

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