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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. In which of the following does Gwendy find the box a second time?

2. In which town do the Brighams live?

3. For which office had Sheila Brigham worked?

4. How much snow falls at Gwendy's home the night after Harris visits?

5. Who is the mission control director?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What protections have been put in place around Gwendy's home in the wake of the fire?

3. What accounts for Gwendy's name?

4. How does Gwendy describe the weather facing the flight crew on liftoff?

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

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

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

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

9. Summarize the game "Mermaids."

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, what is the most important theme of Gwendy’s Final Task. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Harris makes a distinction between rightness and righteousness, prizing the former over the latter. What difference is there between the two, and why might the former be more important, per the text?

Essay Topic 3

Given that the novel is the third in a trilogy, what assumptions does it appear to make about readers being familiar with the earlier volumes in the trilogy? What in the novel indicates those assumptions? How does it do so?

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