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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 does Dr. Upendra do after eating dinner in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 20, how many sets of markers are used in the panorama that Six creates?

3. In Chapter 17, what do the girls use to paint a wall?

4. In Chapter 22, how old is Vik's colleague who is retiring?

5. In Chapter 13, when do Charter students take the Exams?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what does Oliver plan to build?

2. At the end of Chapter 24, what does Oliver say about Vik and Betty?

3. In Chapter 13, how do B-Mor residents get a chance to live in a Charter village, and who had that opportunity?

4. In Chapter 16, what is Mister Leo's condition?

5. In Chapter 21, what is the fitness center like at Vik's condo?

6. From where do Oliver and Betty direct the building projects and how do they orchestrate everything in Chapter 24?

7. In Chapter 15, how do the narrators help Cousin Gordon when he falls in the backyard?

8. In Chapter 13, what is the rest of the trip like for Fan, Quig, and Loreen?

9. What do the narrators comment on happening with more frequency in Chapter 15?

10. What happens at the end of Chapter 14 when Fan tries to stay awake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

There is a very strict class structure in the communities in the novel. What does Fan’s departure from B-Mor reveal about the ability to move from one community to another? Would Fan have been allowed to just walk into a Charter village and settle there? How rigid is the class structure in the novel? How does the class structure affect life in the novel?

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