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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 does Kidd remember about the journal?
(a) It had a red cover.
(b) Writing some passages but not others.
(c) It is not truly his.
(d) He dropped it in the woods.

2. 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) How to live without certain necessities.
(d) Some kind of routine amongst the chaos.

3. Who seems be be causing the riots that start in Bellona?
(a) Misguided individuals.
(b) Latino gangs.
(c) Black gangs.
(d) Tak and his buddies.

4. What would Lanya like to name her harmonica solo?
(a) Broken.
(b) Diffraction.
(c) Crazed.
(d) Indifference.

5. At the end of the section, what place do Kidd and the rest of the scorpions vandalize?
(a) The bar.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A bank.
(d) A store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kidd begin to think?

2. Who never shows up at the party?

3. Kidd and Lanya's relationship has turned into what?

4. What is the scorpions' home called?

5. The constant sex, violence, and manipulations prove that the people of Bellona have _______.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who starts many of the riots, and what do we learn about the scorpions because of this?

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

4. Why is Kidd shocked that people want to know about his life?

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

6. Why is Edward probably frightened to leave Bellona?

7. What problem doesn't affect Calkins' house and why is this strange?

8. Who makes sure that Kidd's poems are saved amongst the chaos of the scorpions?

9. Why does Kamp feel like it's finally time to leave Bellona?

10. Is Kidd jealous of Denny's time with Lanya?

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