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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 17 begin?

2. What drug does Harris take when delivering the puzzle box to Gwendy?

3. Which of the following is the last to signal readiness for spaceflight?

4. In a box labeled with which of the following does Gwendy have the puzzle box at her house?

5. What "wonder" does Gwendy note the rivers yielded in the mid 20th century?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose do Lundgren and Drinkwater call Gwendy forward after the space vehicle leaves the atmosphere?

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

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

4. What noises from Gareth interrupt Gwendy and Adesh as they confer on the way to the space station?

5. Summarize Gwendy's reply to Magowan's first political attack against her.

6. Under what circumstances is the flight crew likely to encounter their Chinese counterparts?

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

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

9. What basic assumption does Gwendy harbor about the wealthy, to which she thinks Gareth an exception?

10. What news effectively ends Magowan's campaign?

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

The novel makes much of the price required for the use of the puzzle-box. Does the novel consider that cost worth paying? What in the text suggests as much, and how?

Essay Topic 3

Notably, the puzzle box has buttons only for six continents. What significance accrues to the exclusion of Antarctica from the box? How does it accrue?

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