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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 25, what is the lane named between Oliver's houses?

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

3. Who interrupts Mister Leo when he goes to Fan's bedroom at the end of Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 13, in what percent must B-Mor children score on the Exams to be eligible for promotion?

5. In the area where the girls sleep in Chapter 17, what color is everything?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 19, what is Five's condition?

2. In Chapter 20, what happened after Five nearly dies?

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

4. In Chapter 25, what happens when Vik shows up at the pool at the fitness center where Oliver is swimming?

5. Where does Vik take Fan in Chapter 21 and what is the place like?

6. In Chapter 18, what happens when Three asks Miss Cathy for Fan's release?

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

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

9. At the end of Chapter 17, what do the girls decide that they need to do?

10. Where does Vik take Fan in Chapter 22, and what does Fan discover there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are signs of decline in B-Mor. What signs of decline are there in the community? How do people begin behaving because of the decline? How does the decline of a community affect the people who live there?

Essay Topic 2

There are several symbiotic relationships in the novel. In what way is the relationship between Quig and the people living in his compound symbiotic? How is the relationship between the Charters and B-Mor symbiotic? What issues might develop if a symbiotic relationship breaks down? What is revealed about those problems when cracks develop in the relationship between B-Mor and the Charters?

Essay Topic 3

When people get old and sick, medical care ceases and they are left to die. What seems to be the attitude toward the elderly in B-Mor? What value do the elderly have? Why are the elderly expected to give up their lives? What is revealed about the value of old age in the novel?

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