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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. When Cy is taken to a courtyard periodically, how long is she left there?

2. How many are killed after one of the Memorials shouts that freedom will come from death?

3. In "The Long Memory," how old was Cy when she came to the Capital?

4. Who sponsors the fake downtown garden in "the river"?

5. How many times has the surfacing platform been used in Orion's lifetime?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cy captured?

2. What does Geminii leave for Orion when she surfaces?

3. Why is it thought that the humans want the Sol Gatherers?

4. Why does Alonzo retire from being a superhero, and why does he go back to being a superhero?

5. What is Cy's time like when she is taken to the courtyard during her captivity?

6. How is the U.S. government and civilization coping since the epidemic?

7. What is known about the epidemic that hit America in "Revolution Shuffle"?

8. How is Holt thwarted when news of the imprisoned Memorials becomes public?

9. Who does A. rescue after an ICE raid?

10. What genetic anomaly gives superpowers to people, and what powers might children receive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Backstories, exposition, and flashbacks are ways that authors reveal information about the past. How is information about the past revealed in "The Long Memory," "Small and Bright," and "In Spite of Darkness”? Why is important to each story to understand what happened before the stories begin?

Essay Topic 2

Irony is a literary device where the real meaning of words is contradicted or concealed. Where does Vagabond use irony in Kafka’s Last Laugh? How does the use of irony create a contrast between what readers expect and what happens?

Essay Topic 3

Octavia’s Brood is a book created to honor Octavia Butler. Who was Octavia Butler? How and why was the book created to honor her?

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