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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 are all the techs wearing?

2. What is the nationality of Marly's most recent hairdresser?

3. Why is the plane's computer unsure about what causes the explosion back at their point of departure?

4. Who does Turner want to pilot the getaway aircraft carrying Mitchell?

5. How does Marly want to view her object?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bobby pull a Wilson?

2. How do Lucas and Beauvoir describe their beliefs to Bobby?

3. What does Marly buy with her new found wealth?

4. What is Bobby's relationship to Two-a-Day?

5. What advantage does the medic from the black clinics of Chiba have?

6. How is Paco introduced?

7. What happens at Leon's?

8. What theory do the two men have?

9. What role will the medics play?

10. What does Lucas mean when he calls Jackie a horse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character and examine their lives at the start of the book. Compare this to how they have changed by the end of the story. What motivates these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Gibson's depiction of the character Josef Virek. How does Gibson characterize Virek? What goals does Virek have to achieve? How close does Virek get to achieving these goals?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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