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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 color cloaks do Cy and Ban wear in "The Long Memory"?

2. During one of the days when Cy and the others are dragged to kneel in the sun while hooded, how many names are on the note she gets?

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

4. In "The Long Memory," after Cy is captured and finds herself on a smooth stone floor, what does she find to eat?

5. A week after Cy sends a note about the hunger strike, how many soldiers come for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Exhibit E of "Evidence," what does Lex tell Alexis about the future in an email?

2. What is the Teen Justice Force?

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

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

5. How are the Sol Gatherers hidden when the humans come looking for them?

6. What caused a decline in the stability of the North in "The Long Memory"?

7. Why is Orion sent to the surface?

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

9. How does Cy get information about the imprisoned Memorials to the world?

10. In "the river," what happens to the mayor of Detroit, his wife, and party guests?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters experience oppression in "The Long Memory" and "Small and Bright.” How do characters experience oppression in these two stories? How and why does this oppression cause characters to turn to resistance to regain their freedom?

Essay Topic 2

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next? How do some of the authors in the stories in Octavia’s Brood use cliffhangers in the novel? Is the use of cliffhangers in these short stories suspenseful or frustrating?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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