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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. At what age does Cochrane become pregnant?

2. To what other art does Jamie credit inspiration for his artistic perspective?

3. What other name does Sally Ayukawa carry?

4. Which of the following epithets does Fahey assign to Jamie?

5. A professor of what subject buys Wallace’s house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eddie describe his usual view from the navigator’s desk?

2. What hinders Jamie’s initial search for work in Seattle?

3. How does Barclay die?

4. What reason does Marian give to Barclay for wanting to visit a nightclub?

5. What is the initial direction in Hadley’s script?

6. What fears does Jamie note harboring with regard to the Faheys?

7. What insight into fear does Hadley report having from playing Marian?

8. With whom does Marian transit from Montreal to Britain?

9. What does Marian take with her when she absconds towards an abortion?

10. What does Redwood note as being his preferred word, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel remarks that Addison Graves accepts “A plea of manslaughter” and a sentence of ten years in prison for his actions in leaving the Josephina Eterna (53-54). Are the charge and sentence appropriate, given the circumstances? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

In “The Cosmic Whoosh of the Expanding Universe,” Hadley comments on the mismatches between Marian’s logbook and the novelization thereof. Hadley’s own project is a reinterpretation of the novelization. What attitude toward adaptation does the novel display, and how does it display as much?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the overall effect of paratext in the novel. There are a few illustrations and a few footnotes in addition to front and back matter. What do they do for the novel? How do they do it?

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