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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 book did Voile give Dawn after Voile's career ended?

2. Where does Herb have Sasha hide after Sasha learns that Prof. Tsai is terminated due to violations of academic and research codes?

3. What is the name Mauve's mother gave her?

4. How much will Resister be paid an hour when she is incarcerated at Sunny Day Prison?

5. What did Voile like to watch when she was home?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and how did Thomas kill a mouse?

2. Who is Sasha Sangare, and where does he live?

3. What does Resister learn from her public defender when she wakes in a hospital bed after the protest on Wall Street?

4. Where is Resister assigned to work during her incarceration, and how does she get out of that assignment?

5. What causes Lalibela's mother to believe he would do great things?

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

7. What injury does Mauve have, and what function is she liable to regain?

8. How did therianthropes change the supermodel business?

9. Once Ona, Al Dwhin, and Prolt are done gardening, how do they get themselves and their supplies back to the biosphere?

10. What are therianthropes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a story takes place. What is the setting in “22XX: One Shot”? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in “Manhunter”? What descriptive dialogue tags has ya Salaam used? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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