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 hints that Jammer's deck is a custom job?

2. Why will Bobby be jacking in alone?

3. How many floors are there in Hypermart?

4. What language do the voodoo gods speak?

5. Why does Bobby suggest putting the explosives against the glass?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Angela explain the implant in her head?

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

5. What does Bobby's not tell the others?

6. What is the significance of the coordinates Rez and Marly are traveling to?

7. How significant is Jammer's connection with the Yakuza?

8. What is the significance of the Finn not answering his phone?

9. Why does Marly decide against her connecting flight?

10. How does the presence of Angie affect Bobby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare the differences between Turner and Rudy. How different are their lives and what choices may have affected this? What are their strengths and weaknesses as individuals? In what way is this relationship used to develop the themes of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of the cyberspace gods? How does Gibson characterize them? Why are they characterized? What are their motives? Do they differ from the human characters in the book?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 746 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample