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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 5 begin?

2. What author does Gwendy note used the title City of Night previously?

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

4. With whom of the following does Norris confer in Derry?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 21 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news effectively ends Magowan's campaign?

2. Why is Adesh granted a private cabin?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Charlotte doing when she and Gwendy meet?

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

9. Summarize the game "Mermaids."

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 2

Which character, other than the protagonist and antagonist, is most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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