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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. While performing his risky experiment, what does the narrator of "Exhalation" learn about their brains?

2. How does Derek modify the physical appearance of his digients in Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what does the Predictor demonstrate?

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what obvious proposition has been accepted for most of history?

5. To what does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" compare the end state of many Predictor users?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bashaarat? What does he sell in his store?

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on page 59, what happens after a person gets a Predictor?

3. How do doctors try to treat Predictor patients in "What's Expected of Us"? What is the result?

4. What companies announce a merger in Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"? How will the merger affect the digients?

5. What does the narrator of "Exhalation" come to understand as a result of his experiment?

6. What experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake in order to understand the irregularity? How does he prepare for the experiment?

7. In "Exhalation," what irregularity occurs on the first day of the year?

8. What two theories currently explain the nature of memory, according to the story "Exhalation"?

9. What have people come to expect from digients in Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

10. What advice does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" offer the reader on page 60?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters in this collection highlight the idea the past is never truly past. Choose three characters (from three different stories) and explain how each illustrates this idea.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think the future has in store for Jax after the close of “The Lifecycle of Software Objects”? Predict his future based on the thoughts and actions of others in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay defining faith from the perspective of Ana and Dorothea. What is faith, according to these characters? How do the choices they make reflect these values?

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