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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. With which of the following does Chapter 19 begin?

2. To which of the following does Gwendy compare Gareth?

3. What is Gwendy's nickname on the mission?

4. Which of the following does Gwendy reference to Gareth?

5. How many does Harris note had held the puzzle box between the second and third times Gwendy possessed it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Ryan Brown's Black Friday tradition.

2. Describe the box Gwendy carries.

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

4. Summarize the game "Mermaids."

5. What does Harris forecast to Gwendy from the actions of the previous holder of the puzzle-box?

6. What comments are made about the older members of the audience for the space launch?

7. Where is the fire-damage to Gwendy's house concentrated?

8. Why is Gwendy unable to wave to the ground and control crews on her approach to her spacecraft?

9. Summarize Magowan's political position.

10. What accounts for Gwendy's name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the meanings of the colors of the buttons on the puzzle box. That is, explain why the colors associate with the functions noted.

Essay Topic 3

To what extent is biographical criticism—broadly, a reading strategy that attempts to interpret the novel through its correspondences with the figures and events in its authors’ lives—appropriate to apply to Gwendy’s Final Task? What in the novel and the authors’ backgrounds suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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