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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. Why does the unit director hate the boy?

2. Why were they held up by Turkish customs?

3. Where does Sally's boy get his red hair from?

4. What is wrong with Jones's suit?

5. What has been downloaded into the Ashpool cores?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jackie become responsible for Bobby?

2. How does Jammer explain the beings in cyberspace?

3. How does Turner learn of Rudy's death?

4. Why is everyone surprised to see Beauvoir?

5. How does Virek finally die?

6. What clue does Jones reveal about the purpose of the biosoft?

7. What happens when Bobby and Jackie use Jammer's deck?

8. What does Mitchell uncover in Mitchell's dossier?

9. How does Turner explain the situation his brother Rudy is in?

10. How does the presence of Angie affect Bobby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the book, Bobby decides to leave Barrytown and go live in the Projects. Why would he want to live there? How different would his life be?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the narrative's setting. How does it differ from the world of today? How does the author express these differences? What might have been different in the book if it had been written today?

Essay Topic 3

How does Gibson depict corporations in the book? How does today's society currently perceive corporations? Do you think that Gibson's vision of future corporations is possible?

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