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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 slogan is chanted by protestors outside Thurwar’s penultimate bloodsport bout?

2. Who provides Mari tickets to Thurwar’s penultimate fight?

3. Which of the following had Thurwar murdered?

4. For what sport is the field on which Thurwar prepares for her penultimate fight usually used?

5. With which of the following is Thurwar placed in the back of a patrol car?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mari enlist Nile to take her to Thurwar’s penultimate fight?

2. How does Bad Water explain his incarceration?

3. What does Mitchell Germin note is key to the popularity of the bloodsport?

4. Why does Thurwar have the members of her group run laps with their weapons?

5. Why did Staxxx’s mother caution her to be careful giving out her name?

6. To what does Gunny ascribe the popularity of Thurwar and Staxxx?

7. What reservations does Kai have about Mari giving interviews?

8. Why did Thurwar engage in a hunger strike?

9. What had St. Jean done in prison?

10. What tradition had Thurwar’s group had during periods of media blackout?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the novel’s repeated presentation of relief at survival and guilt at that relief. What function does the tension between relief and guilt serve in the novel? How is that function presented?

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

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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