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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 moniker had been applied to Madam Lulu Watts?

2. Which of the following had Thurwar faced and killed?

3. What weapon does Thurwar’s opponent in her fifth Question Match wield?

4. About what does Randy Mac report dreaming?

5. How many victories are required for a bloodsport competitor to earn initial promotion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is being Influenced described in the text?

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

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

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

6. What is signified by a blue lock in the novel?

7. For what crime had Thurwar been convicted?

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

9. For what crime was Staxxx convicted?

10. What reasons does Staxxx give for her delay in telling Thurwar she had killed Sunset?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of Chain-Gang All-Stars do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Chain-Gang All-Stars. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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