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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 name does D'Arnoq give the first natives of the island?

2. Where does Adam Ewing practice law?

3. Why is the elevator that Sixsmith and Luisa Rey on stopped?

4. Where does Sixsmith stash the nine letters he reads before going to dinner?

5. Yoona's escape attempt is blamed on who?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kim's lab.

2. What happens to Cavendish while he is traveling to the location his brother sends him to?

3. How does Smoke kill Sixsmith?

4. Who is Professor Mephi?

5. What does Luisa encounter when she reaches the entrance of Swannekke Island?

6. What do the clones do at Papa Song's restaurant?

7. Why does Cavendish not have any money when he tries to get a loan from his brother?

8. Why does Cavendish not report having his watch stolen?

9. How is the story of "An Orison of Sonmi-451" told?

10. Why are Hoggins' two nephews approaching Cavendish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the various stories, name one theme and how that theme is present in all the stories.

Essay Topic 2

Zachry and Meronym struggle to find safety, as do other characters in the book. What is the struggle to find safety symbolic of? Use specific examples in the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Using specific examples from the story, how are all the stories tied together? What makes them relate to one another so that they are in one book?

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