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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. Where does Sissy go to live at the end of Chapter 34?

2. What type of car does Doremus drive in Chapter 38?

3. Where does Doremus go to hide at the end of Chapter 38?

4. In Chapter 30, what type of dog does Emma compare Doremus to?

5. Where is Julian in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Lorinda bring Doremus in Chapter 38?

2. How do the details that Sissy, Buck, Mary, Doremus, and Father Perefixe learn to create a picture of the activities of the Corpo?

3. What is the curriculum at the newly established Corpo universities in Chapter 20?

4. How does Mary Greenhill die?

5. In Chapter 27, why does Lorinda tell Doremus that they need to end their affair?

6. In Chapter 23, why are Doremus and his family not able to flee to Canada?

7. In Chapter 22, why does Doremus think that concentration camps are being opened?

8. In Chapter 25, how is Doremus recruited for the New Underground?

9. In Chapter 30, how is Doremus arrested?

10. In Chapter 21, why has Julian left Amherst?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Doremus’s family is a source of support and strife for him. In what ways is his family a source of support for him? In what ways is his family a source of strife for him? How important is it to preserve family relationships whether they are supportive or cause strife?

Essay Topic 2

Windrip writes a memoir called the Zero Hour. How does the memoir present Windrip and his ideals? What does the memoir symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Shad Ledue rises from handyman to county commissioner. What does Shad’s rise to power reveal about the new government? What does Shad’s demise seem to foreshadow and symbolize about the fall of Windrip’s government?

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