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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. How does Kidd feel about Lanya's refusal?

2. Why do the scorpions have to move?

3. Have Kidd's memory problems gone away?

4. Why will there be hot coffee for everyone in Chapter V?

5. What does Kidd wonder as they arrive at Calkins' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it strange that Calkins does not come to the party?

2. What is important in the scorpions dialogue?

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

4. Why is Edward probably frightened to leave Bellona?

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

6. What does Madame Brown think will help Kidd with his memory and psychological problems?

7. Although Kidd and Lanya seem to have known each other for a while, what side of her did he never see ?

8. Does Kidd realize what he is writing?

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

10. Why are the scorpions moving again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bellona is described as a place for outcasts and misfits who do not wish to move forward with their lives or feel uninspired to do anything with themselves.

Why would the following characters "fit in" to Bellona:

- Tak

- George Harrison

- Newboy

- Captain Kamp

Essay Topic 2

Two person relationships are a societal standard in Western civilization. Does that make them right?

How does the inability to create stable relationships in Bellona signify deep problems within the society? Do you agree with this assertion?

Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

It has been said that Bellona is actually Harlem in the 1970s, where Delany grew up.

Compare the trapped, scared survivalist emotions the residents of Bellona have to those of the poor, African Americans in 1970's Harlem.

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