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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 was the name of Voile's mother?

2. What type of musician are China, Jette, and Ethiopia supposed to perform with at the Watts Towers?

3. In "Hollow," how long did Jean endure the camps until she was shot?

4. Why did Lalibela sleep for three days and have visions and dreams?

5. What year is Mauve going into at the compound?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did therianthropes change the supermodel business?

2. What are therianthropes?

3. What is Mauve's assignment after her hearing?

4. At the end of "Little Brown Mouse," what does Thomas see when he looks out the window?

5. What is the process for the new Arrival in "Hollow"?

6. Why is Lamont surprised to see his father home?

7. How did therianthropes lose their jobs in the fashion industry?

8. Who do China, Jette, and Ehtiopia perform with and what is their act?

9. What does West find when she tidies up after the new Arrival?

10. Where is Resister incarcerated, and what work is she assigned?

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

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. Choose two of the stories in the book and explain how the point of view influences what readers know about events and characters and how the point of view in these stories help readers connect with and understand characters.

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Randall Sinclair develops a procedure called skin fusion in “Aftermath.” What is skin fusion? What does the procedure reveal about greed?

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