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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. What does Josie's mother ask Klara to do before she purchases Klara?

2. What game do Rick and Josie play when Josie is sick?

3. When is the first time Klara gets to go outside?

4. Who says she wants to take Klara home in Part I and visits Klara several times?

5. What does Rick keep asking Josie about in Part II concerning her activities?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chrissie ask Klara to do at Morgan's Falls?

2. What is the most significant difference between Klara and Rosa?

3. What is Rick doing when Klara first meets him with Josie?

4. What is a source of pollution that Klara and the other AFs in the store begin to resent, and why do they feel this way?

5. Why does Chrissie tell Josie she can not go to Morgan's Falls?

6. What does Klara think of Josie when she first meets Josie?

7. Why is it strange that Rick comes to the interaction meeting?

8. How does Klara see the world, meaning what is her field of vision like?

9. How does Rick treat Klara when they first meet?

10. In Part I, how does Klara think of the sun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do Miss Helen's entreaties to Vance, and Vance's treatment of Miss Helen and of Rick, reveal about the realities of society and the importance of education and social stratification? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Klara's understanding and perceptions of the sun - and its capabilities - change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In general, how well do humans seem to understand the capabilities, depths, and emotional awareness of AFs? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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