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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 28 begin?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 37 begin?

3. For which of the following does Gwendy mistake Gareth’s name?

4. With which of the following does Chapter 26 begin?

5. Whom does Gwendy call for a referral to a Washington mental health professional?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does Gwendy attribute the origin of her mental condition?

2. Of what does Gwendy dream on her fourth night on the space station?

3. How is the crew made aware of the fatal confrontation between Gwendy and Gareth?

4. How does Gwendy report regarding the Vice President?

5. Why does Adesh report his conversations with other flight crew members to Gwendy?

6. What prevents Gwendy from napping after she reviews the email Charlotte sends her?

7. What objections does Gareth voice to the suggested inspiration for the space station’s shape?

8. What technique does Gwendy learn to negotiate her mental lapses?

9. What information does Charlotte provide in response to Gwendy’s appended query?

10. What travel to Maine does Gareth note having undertaken?

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

Sources attest to the presence of Gwendy’s Final Task on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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

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