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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the poems Kidd writes while he lives with the scorpions?
(a) They are ripped up by Calkins.
(b) Lanya tears them up.
(c) They are stolen by Frank.
(d) Lanya takes the poems and stores them for Kidd.

2. Why did Edward join the scorpions?
(a) To survive Bellona.
(b) To become a leader.
(c) To have friends.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. What have many of the characters discovered?
(a) That they want to escape Bellona.
(b) How to act like they have a normal city.
(c) Some kind of routine amongst the chaos.
(d) How to live without certain necessities.

4. What does Kamp describe the moon being like?
(a) Bellona.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) New York City.
(d) California.

5. Why is Denny's involvement in their relationship strange to Kidd now?
(a) Every time Kidd and Lanya have sex, Denny is there too.
(b) Denny is now Lanya's boyfriend.
(c) Denny is not as mature as Kidd.
(d) He cannot see Lanya without seeing Denny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lanya's school used to be?

2. What primarily makes up this chapter?

3. Who never shows up at the party?

4. What does Captain Kamp, a former member of the space program, think he saw in the sky?

5. Why is Kidd feeling doubtful about his work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Kidd realize what he is writing?

2. Why is this chapter difficult to understand?

3. What is true about the scorpions and other people in Bellona who do nothing with their time?

4. What is important in the scorpions dialogue?

5. All of the residents are wondering what is happening in the sky. How do they work to find a solution?

6. Why is Edward probably frightened to leave Bellona?

7. When were most of Kidd's poems written?

8. What does everyone's willingness to participate in group sexual acts say about the people in Bellona?

9. Why does June try to go to her brother for help?

10. Does George Harrison shed some light into Bobby's death?

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