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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 what year did Gwendy run for Senate?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 18 begin?

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

4. With whom of the following does Norris confer in the Castle Rock Sheriff’s Department?

5. To which of the following does Gwendy compare herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Magowan's political position.

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

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

4. What is the advice Gwendy's political mentor gave her about dealing with distasteful people?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, to what other author are King and Chizmar indebted for the form and content of Gwendy’s Final Task? What in the novel indicates that indebtedness? How does it do so?

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