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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 3, what was the weather like when Fan left B-Mor?

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

3. In Chapter 11, what was the name of the owners of the Who Falls Inn?

4. What type of tree do the Nickelman's live under?

5. In Chapter 8, what type of fish are the ponds in parks stocked with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, why were Quig and his wife banished from their Charter village?

3. In Chapter 9, why do Quig, Loreen, and Fan take a trip up north?

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

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what do the narrators say would happen if the Charters start growing their own products?

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

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

8. What happens to Fan in Chapter 4?

9. What is known about when Fan left B-Mor?

10. In Chapter 8, what happens in the parks one day in B-Mor and why is that unusual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

B-Mor is a community that is isolated, but seems to provide everything that its inhabitants need. How is B-Mor revealed as an ideal place to live? How do the narrators make B-Mor seem to be an ideal place to live at the beginning of the novel? How does the contrast of never being able to leave, but being a good place to leave affect the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Fan adapts to life in Quig’s compound. How is Fan conditioned to adapt to her surroundings? How does Fan adjust to life in the compound? What does her adjustment reveal about adaptability and conditioning?

Essay Topic 3

The girls immediately like Fan and enjoy her company. What is the relationship like between the girls and Fan? How does the relationship change the lives of Fan and the girls?

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