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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 is the best description of Vic's character?

2. At the start of the second chapter Blood enters a trance state but is unable to find any what?

3. When does the story of A Boy and His Dog take place?

4. Why is there a shortage of females in the upper world?

5. Where is Quilla June at the end of chapter five?

Short Essay Questions

1. Blood finds Vic sex; what does Vic help Blood with?

2. Blood tells the story of how girls where eliminated from the upper world. Why are there no girls?

3. What is another name for the type of dog that Blood is?

4. Quilla June's father is killed by Vic. How does he do it?

5. How does Blood find women and how many women does he find in his first trance state?

6. Are there things about Vic and Blood's world that seem strange? What types of things make this world different from ours?

7. What is interesting about where the green box takes Vic?

8. Why do you suppose they give Vic the run of the town and allow him to find his weapons?

9. Why does Vic slap Quilla June after the battle to stop her from crying?

10. How does the underground city make Vic feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sex and love are usually associated with each other. Explain how this book separates them. Give four examples of love that are separated from sex, or sex that is separated from love in the book. Explain how this contrast works.

Essay Topic 2

Blood is intelligent and telepathic. Explain in detail how this story would be different if Blood didn't have these abilities. Use specific examples from the story.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how you can tell that Blood really cares for Vic. Find four examples from the book that show how much he cares. Explain how his caring makes a difference to Vic.

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