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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. Which of the following crew members is present for Gwendy’s mental health assessment aboard the space station?
2. With which of the following does Chapter 38 begin?
3. To which of the following does Gwendy compare herself?
4. On which road is Gwendy’s Washington mental health professional?
5. As which of the following does Gwendy note she and Gareth are referenced in flight crew documents?
Short Essay Questions
1. Of what does Gwendy dream on her fourth night on the space station?
2. How is the crew made aware of the fatal confrontation between Gwendy and Gareth?
3. What, per the novel, is sundowning?
4. What demonstration does Adesh give with his bugs?
5. What does Gwendy note had been Gareth’s mantra (347)?
6. How does Gwendy perceive the knock at her door to summon her to her mental assessment on the space station?
7. What does Gwendy describe as “the biggest miracle of all” (296)?
8. To what does Gwendy attribute the origin of her mental condition?
9. What powers the rocket with which Gwendy has been sent into space?
10. Why does Adesh report his conversations with other flight crew members to Gwendy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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