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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 is the title of the Valleymen's leader?

2. Where does Cavendish leave the contact information for the author of "Half Lives"?

3. What is the final blow that causes Frobisher to leave Ayrs?

4. How old is Zachry when his brother is abducted?

5. What does Meronym give Zachry to save his sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Cavendish's brother, Denholme, while Cavendish is in Aurora House?

2. How does the story of Zarchry begin?

3. What are the "souls" that Sonmi and Hae-Joo get in Haumdonggil?

4. According to Hae-Joo, why is the Union going through so much trouble to save on fabricant?

5. Why is Fay Li waiting for Luisa at the bank vault?

6. Why can Cavendish not get the second half of the manuscript he is reading?

7. What does Eva mention to Frobisher at the top of the medieval tower, when they are alone?

8. What does Cavendish gradually recover after his apparent stroke?

9. As Sonmi and Hae-Joo flee the university, what happens to Hae-Joo's aide?

10. What is the Honokaa Barter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which of the various stories is the most important to the message the book is trying to get across? Support your answer with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

What does the word, "prescient" mean? How does the meaning of the word fit in with the name of the tribe, "Prescients"? What implications does this have for the story? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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

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