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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 Ven use to send a distress signal?

2. What was once Ven's job?

3. Where does Yue let Ven collapse?

4. How does Georg introduce Ven?

5. In Chapter 20, who does Ven take to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ven particularly interested in Ull?

2. What does Yue say she saw in the forest at age 12 instead of the kakuy?

3. What does Georg's security man threaten to do to Ven in Part I when they first meet?

4. What does The Brotherhood stand for?

5. What are the kakuy and what do they do?

6. How does Georg react when Ven finds the microdrone?

7. Who is Ven's actual handler and how is their relationship?

8. What does Ven realize at the end of Part I that Yue has ended up doing?

9. Why does Ven attempt to walk away from Georg's service in Part II?

10. Who is Ven's mentor and how do they first meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Ven feel so strongly negative towards the Brotherhood and why does he agree to spy on them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the tone and language North uses throughout this novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Ven first come to work for Georg in the beginning of the novel, and what does the reader find out later about Ven's and Georg's first meeting that is important? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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