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

2. What comment from Simon prompt’s Young’s laughter?

3. Per the novel, in what year was the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban passed?

4. Which of the following is *Rico* assigned to sell?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What had St. Jean done in prison?

2. How does Wil react to Emily’s shock at Simon’s entry into the bloodsport?

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

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

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

6. Why do bloodsport competitors have relative privacy in Hub Cities?

7. How does Bad Water explain his incarceration?

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

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

10. What does Young ask in advance of his first fight alongside Simon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Adjei-Brenyah’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Sources attest to the presence of Chain-Gang All-Stars on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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