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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. How many members of the Coalition to End Neo-Slavery attend the protest outside Thurwar’s penultimate bloodsport bout?

2. Which of the following had Thurwar murdered?

3. What is Gunny’s father’s name?

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

5. What do protestors burn outside Thurwar’s penultimate bloodsport bout?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Thurwar engage in a hunger strike?

3. How does Bad Water explain his incarceration?

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

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

6. What had St. Jean done in prison?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-naming scheme at work in Chain-Gang All-Stars? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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