View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Turner suspect Harry and Lynch have in common?

2. Who knows black medicine from both Hosaka and Maas?

3. Who jumps Bobby for his deck?

4. How can you tell if the medics in the portable neurosurgery are awake?

5. From which animal does the bent gristle that Harry wears come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bobby pull a Wilson?

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

3. How is the Wig introduced?

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

5. What opinion does Paco have of Alain?

6. What theory do the two men have?

7. How do Turner and Allison meet?

8. What does Marly notice for the first time on the way to Cafe Blanc?

9. Why are there shrimp and catfish grown in the building?

10. What happens at Leon's?

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

Do you think Bobby is naive and why? How does this impact on his relationships with the other characters?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 683 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample