3. What is the presumed cause of Usman's death?
(a) Running out of gas.
(b) Running out of ammunition.
(c) Navaid failure.
(d) Pilot error.

4. Who ends the chimp wars?
(a) Mallabar.
(b) Hope.
(c) Hauser.
(d) Vail.

5. What does the popping of a balloon show?
(a) Catastrophe theory.
(b) External time.
(c) Internal time.
(d) Fold catastrophe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times had Usman previously experienced the same issue presumed as the cause of his death?

2. Who commits suicide in the book?

3. Who fires Hope?

4. Who gets taken hostage at a blockade?

5. With whom does Hope leave the camp after she gets punched?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are John's answers to life's three important questions?

2. How does Mallabar react to the attack that he witnesses?

3. Where does Hope live at the end of the novel? Describe her home.

4. What leads Hope to believe that Almicar and his soldiers are the only remaining members of the UNAMO force?

5. In the end, what lesson does Hope say she's learned about life?

6. What are some examples of catastrophes that Hope gives in discussing her catastrophe theory? Label each example with the type of catastrophe it represents.

7. What is Hopes catastrophe theory? She says there are seven types, but only addresses two. Briefly discuss the difference in the two she outlines.

8. Explain in detail the chimp attack that Mallabar witnesses.

9. What, briefly, is the mathematical set John dreams of creating and where is he while he is tries to develop it?

10. What does Hope learn from the Norwegian consulate?

(see the answer keys)

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