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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 is *Walter Crousey* assigned to sell?

2. Of which of the following does Emily note Wil smells?

3. To which of the following are Thurwar and Staxxx assigned?

4. For what organization does *Gretchen Ebb* work?

5. Per the novel, what was the percent rate of increase in suicide among inmates in *state* prisons from 2001 to 2019?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What had St. Jean done in prison?

4. How does Bad Water explain his incarceration?

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

6. Why does Sunset note not being able to face the outside world?

7. How does Mari manage to get her sign into the arena for Thurwar’s penultimate fight?

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

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

10. Why did Thurwar engage in a hunger strike?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Chain-Gang All-Stars bear as much out?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

If there is a single antagonist in the text, who is it? How does the work support such an assertion?

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