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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. For which of the following is St. Jean arrested?

2. For which of the following does the J. in Simon’s name stand?

3. Which of the following had been on the Velmont Vipers?

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

5. Per the novel, what section of 18 US Code treats torture?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what crime had Thurwar been convicted?

3. What is the greatest extent of freedom any participant in the bloodsport can experience while still in its programs?

4. What afflicts St. Jean’s father?

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

6. What reasons does Thurwar note for being willing to fight a Question Match?

7. Why is the protest at Thurwar’s penultimate fight expected to be among the largest against the bloodsport?

8. What is the importance of the fight against ReckLass to Thurwar’s career?

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

10. Why does Thurwar regard her legs as “her saving grace”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Of the punishments inflicted on people in the novel, which is the worst? Why is it the worst?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Chain-Gang All-Stars bear as much out?

Essay Topic 3

The novel makes implicit and explicit critiques of a number of people and systems. Which comes under the sharpest critique? What in the novel demonstrates as much, and how does it do so?

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