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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. Who does Kidd wish would leave the party?

2. How does Kamp figure out the date?

3. Who finds Kidd wandering and invites him to stay at his house?

4. Who does she teach at the school?

5. What prompts Kidd to want to write again?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why are the scorpions moving again?

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

1. Discuss whether you think that foreshadowing can be used in a novel with a circular structure.

2. If you agree, how is this helpful in possibly understanding Delany's work?

3. Find three examples of foreshadowing in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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