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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. About what does Randy Mac report dreaming?

2. Which of the following had Thurwar killed?

3. How many squats does Thurwar do daily with her weapon?

4. What program allows military surplus equipment to be transferred to local police?

5. What is the average life expectancy of competitors in the bloodsport?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reason does St. Jean give for taking up anatomical study?

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

4. What is the significance of the campfires the bloodsport competitors encounter?

5. Why is Wright hurt by Thurwar’s usual reticence?

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

7. Why does Emily prefer the broadcasts of the bloodsport competitors between bouts to the broadcasts of the fights themselves?

8. What had been the organizing principle under which Sunset Harkless had led his combatant group?

9. What advice does Melancholia give Thurwar?

10. How does Staxxx dispatch Rave Bear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Readerly attention also focuses on the remarks that “Just ‘cause you enslaved don’t make you a slave. You can’t ever be that” (70). To what extent does the novel bear out those remarks? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of Chain-Gang All-Stars on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

To what genre other than science fiction might Chain-Gang All-Stars be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

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