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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. What have many of the characters discovered?

2. Why can't everyone get more information concerning the flash of light and smoky grey sky?

3. Who walks an angry Lanya home?

4. What does Lanya choose to do for Kidd?

5. By whom is one of the letters signed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has Lanya and Kidd's relationship changed?

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

4. Suddenly, what does Kidd have trouble remembering?

5. As Chapter 5 opens, what is Kidd wondering?

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

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

8. Why does Lanya get fed up with Kidd and choose to leave?

9. How does Kidd finally feel when he attempts to write a new poem?

10. Why does Kidd begin to doubt his own writing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Captain Kamp describes Bellona as being extremely similar to the moon. Once you have to ask why you are there, you should not be there anymore.

What do Captain Kamp's words mean?

Why are Captain Kamp's words about Bellona so important?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the orchids that everyone in Bellona wears.

Why are orchids made into weapons throughout the novel?

How does the beauty of the flower contrast with the violence of making the flower a weapon?

Essay Topic 3

Although Kidd is the main character, it seems as though he never advances as a character. The reader goes on a journey with him, but is never really sure whether or not Kidd grows.

1. Why is self awareness and character expansion an important part of a novel?

2. Do you think that Delany purposefully halted the growth of Kidd?

3. How does stopping Kidd's character development match up with the novel?

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