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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 shape of the birthmark that Meronym has on her shoulder?

2. How is the plane that Isaac and Alberto Grimaldi are on blown up?

3. What does Frobisher borrow when he leaves Ayrs?

4. How long is Meronym staying with the Valleymen?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the parlor of the madam, a serpent-like creature, what happens to Sonmi?

3. What news does Duophysite give to Meronym and Zachry?

4. Who are colonists in Sonmi's world?

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

6. Why does Zachry, initially, mistrust Meronym?

7. What does Cavendish decide to do after escaping from Aurora House?

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

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

10. What does Zachry find in Meronym's pack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does religion play for the various characters in the various stories? Use examples from the stories to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Several characters engage in violence or hurtful acts in the stories. How are their motivations for these acts similar or different from each other? Cite specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How is "Sloosh'a's Crossin' an' Everythin' After," the climax of the book? What evidence from the story supports, or doesn't support, the notion that this chapter is the climax?

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