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

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

3. Who had been Melanchiolia Bishop’s first bloodsport kill?

4. Which of the following does Thurwar acquire for Rico?

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

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. How had Thurwar adjusted Staxxx’s training regimen in the weeks leading up to their fight?

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

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

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

7. How does Bad Water explain his incarceration?

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

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

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

Of the punishments inflicted on people in the novel, which is the worst? Why is it the worst?

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

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?

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