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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 Jende find out at the start of Chapter 46?

2. When does Lehman Brother's collapse?

3. Why do Jende and Neni fight in Chapter 36?

4. What is Leah's plan after Lehman's collapse?

5. What is Neni thinking about at the beginning of Chapter 43?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cindy ask Jende to do for her in Chapter 29?

2. What happens to Leah after Lehman Brother's collapses?

3. How does Neni blackmail Cindy?

4. What does Clark say when Jende tells him that Cindy wants him to record all of Clark's actions?

5. What does Neni do for the first time in Chapter 35? Why?

6. What news does Jende receive in Chapter 35?

7. Why does Jende get angry at Neni in Chapter 36?

8. What are Neni and Winston's reactions to Cindy's request for Jende to record all of Clark's action?

9. Why is Mighty crying in Chapter 34?

10. Why does Clark want Jende to come up to his office in Chapter 38?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider how the theme of power is expressed in the text. Who is powerful in the novel? Who is powerless? Where does this power come from?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Clark Edwards. There are many places in the novel where he seems to shirk responsibility for his actions such as Jende's firing and the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Is he a hero or villain in this text, or somewhere in between?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the marriages of the Jongas and the Edwards. How do these two unions drive the action in the text? How are these marriages similar and how are they different?

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