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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. In Chapter 5, what is the maximum stay period in the health clinics?

2. Where were Quig and his family when they were arrested for selling drugs?

3. What was Uncle Kellen's job?

4. In Chapter 2, what was the name of the narrator's street before it became Longevity Way?

5. What business did Quig start after he could no longer be a veterinarian?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how does Fan get in an accident while driving?

2. In Chapter 7, who lives in Quig's compound and how did they come to live there?

3. How is the landscape outside the compound in Chapter 7 different from what Fan expects?

4. In Chapter 11, what is the place like where Quig and his family stay their first night on the road?

5. In Chapter 2, what places do the people in B-Mor have to go during bad weather and what are those places like?

6. In Chapter 1, what happened to Reg?

7. Toward the end of Chapter 9, why does Quig swerve on the road, and how does he explain what happened to Loreen?

8. What did Quig do in a Charter village and why did he have to leave?

9. What happens to Fan in Chapter 4?

10. In Chapter 1, who is Fan and what was she like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the lives of people in B-Mor are controlled, they are also free to leave at any time. Why is the ability to leave B-Mor only a perceived freedom? When Fan leaves B-Mor, does she find freedom? How is her ability to find freedom hampered by the controlled society in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The girls at Miss Cathy’s create murals on the walls of their room. What do these murals portray? What do the murals represent and symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Quig decides to use Fan to barter for the digging equipment and medicine that he needs. Why does Quig make the decision to use Fan as barter? How does the way that Quig treats Fan after that decision seem to reveal about the emotions he feels about bartering her? Do his actions seem to reflect guilt?

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