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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 brand of cot does Thurwar have?

2. Who is effectively the leader of the Coalition to End Neo-Slavery?

3. What is the name of St. Jean’s aunt?

4. Which of the following advertises on Staxxx?

5. What kind of firewood do Thurwar and her group encounter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Staxxx’s fight against Rave Bear promoted?

2. How does the novel define the term “Grand Colossal”?

3. Why is silence enforced on the bloodsport competitors while they are being transported?

4. Why does Wright accept Thurwar’s initial refusal of a nickname?

5. How are bloodsport competitors restrained in the arenas where their fights occur?

6. What advice does Melancholia give Thurwar?

7. What is the purpose of the silence enforced on Young’s inmate population?

8. Why had Nile been an older college student?

9. In the novel, what is an HMC?

10. Why does Mari value Nile?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Chain-Gang All-Stars? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 2

As the protagonist and her fellow combatants are driven away from a match, a skunk steps onto the road in front of them. It could have been any animal; what effect on the narrative does the choice of the animal being a skunk have? How is that effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-naming scheme at work in Chain-Gang All-Stars? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

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