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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that Vic has while he is getting to know Topeka?

2. What is Vic's answer to the important question Quilla June asks him?

3. It is clear in chapter nine that sex is considered something very ________ by this community.

4. What does Vic find at the location he goes to in chapter ten?

5. What is Vic's second reaction as to why the Topekan's need him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the ending of this book provides a very unforeseen twist. What do you think the twist has to do with the moral of this story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how Vic and Blood look at the world differently. List specific evidence from the book to support your views.

Essay Topic 3

The author of this book examines some hard issues about human meaning and existence in his alternate future. Explain how this alternate future makes it easier to examine these issues. How does it make some issues harder to examine? Use three examples where the author needs an alternate future to make his point clearer.

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