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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 are the first two Young and Simon fight as a pair?

2. What team normally uses the field on which Thurwar prepares for her penultimate fight?

3. What designation, per the novel, exempts tear gas from restrictions on chemical weapons?

4. To which of the following does *Nile* compare the protest outside Thurwar’s penultimate bloodsport bout?

5. At what hotel is Thurwar lodged?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thurwar posit more bloodsport competitors kill themselves in Hub Cities than elsewhere?

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

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

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

5. For what reason does Thurwar posit she is being punished for the protest outside her penultimate fight?

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

7. Why did Thurwar engage in a hunger strike?

8. What is reported as a reaction to the Influencer by some who experience it?

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

10. What had St. Jean done in prison?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How does the novel define prison abolition? Support the definition from explained evidence the text provides.

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