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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is *Randy Mac* assigned to sell?
(a) Water.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Lemonade.

2. Which of the following is *Walter Crousey* assigned to sell?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Water.

3. Per the novel, what was the percent rate of increase in suicide among inmates in *state* prisons from 2001 to 2019?
(a) 27.
(b) 13.
(c) 61.
(d) 85.

4. What designation, per the novel, exempts tear gas from restrictions on chemical weapons?
(a) Civic safety protocol.
(b) Disciplinary measure.
(c) Riot control agent.
(d) Non-combat munition.

5. What profession had Gunny wanted to enter?
(a) Historian.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Mathematician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first to pose Thurwar a question?

2. In what year, per the novel, did the United States ratify the Geneva Convention prohibiting the use of chemical weapons?

3. For what sport is the field on which Thurwar prepares for her penultimate fight usually used?

4. What weapon had Sunset used?

5. What slogan is chanted by protestors outside Thurwar’s penultimate bloodsport bout?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sunset note not being able to face the outside world?

2. How does Wil react to Emily’s shock at Simon’s entry into the bloodsport?

3. What reservations does Kai have about Mari giving interviews?

4. Why do bloodsport competitors have relative privacy in Hub Cities?

5. Why is arriving at a Hub City jarring?

6. What does Young ask in advance of his first fight alongside Simon?

7. How does Bad Water explain his incarceration?

8. What is reported as a reaction to the Influencer by some who experience it?

9. Why does Mari enlist Nile to take her to Thurwar’s penultimate fight?

10. Why does Thurwar posit more bloodsport competitors kill themselves in Hub Cities than elsewhere?

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