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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. At the end of Chapter 10, how old does Quig say that his daughter would have been?

2. In Chapter 7, how many people live at Quig's compound?

3. In Chapter 12, how many people pile out of a car that Fan lightly hits?

4. How many suites were at the Who Falls Inn?

5. In Chapter 2, when does the narrator remember a power plant mishap?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, how did Quig lose his livelihood overnight?

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

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

5. In Chapter 1, what happened to Reg?

6. At the end of Chapter 12, why does Fan have to hurt a little girl?

7. In Chapter 5, why must ex-Charter residents live in the open counties rather than a place like B-Mor?

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

9. In Chapter 2, what was different about the immigration of the narrator's predecessors to B-Mor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel takes place in several different locations. What do all of the locations have in common? How is the setting presented? What is the importance of setting in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Both Glynnis and Fan take risks, but their risks lead to very different consequences. What risks does Glynnis take? What risks does Fan take to save Quig and Loreen? What are the motives behind the women’s actions? Do their motives lessen or increase the consequences they face for taking risks?

Essay Topic 3

Oliver decides to rebuild in the B-Mor style. What seems to motivate him to want to have his structures resemble B-Mor homes? What does that reveal about the way that Oliver has adjusted to Charter life? What does that reveal about his character?

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