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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. Which of the following are provided in the Queen’s Tent?

2. Which of the following suggests Simon enroll in the bloodsport program?

3. As which of the following does Wright label Thurwar?

4. Which of the following diseases did St. Jean’s work almost eliminate?

5. Which of the following does Sai Eye Aye wield?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is being Influenced described in the text?

2. How does Forest Worley’s conception of the bloodsport differ from his father’s?

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

4. For what crime was Staxxx convicted?

5. How does Lucas’s father view the use of St. Jean’s work?

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

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 does Thurwar eschew entrance music?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Readerly attention focuses on the following comment: “It was hard to forget the things that hurt you. You didn't often forget the shape of your cage” (52). What might account for that attention? How might it do so? What in the text and in experience lead you to such an idea?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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