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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 is the mission control director?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 19 begin?

3. Approximately how many people can the elevator to the launch vehicle accommodate?

4. What is Gwendy's call sign on the mission?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 11 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What argument does Pete Riley initially attempt to convince Gwendy to run for Senate?

2. What is Gwendy's official position on the space mission?

3. What sign had formerly graced the approach to the flight vehicle?

4. Of what does Gwendy dream while dozing before her televised conference?

5. Summarize the game "Mermaids."

6. Why is Adesh granted a private cabin?

7. Describe the box Gwendy carries.

8. What fate befell the most recent holder of the puzzle box before Gwendy?

9. What accounts for Gwendy's name?

10. What connection do the Brighams have to the launch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Stephen King’s eminence in the literary culture of the United States in the later twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Does the current novel contribute to or detract from that eminence? How so?

Essay Topic 2

Assuming that Gwendy’s Final Task should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ethical implications of the novel's resolution. That is, what are the ethics involved in how Gwendy completes her final task?

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