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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. How does the novel gloss “latency”?

2. How does the novel gloss the term “gati”?

3. How old is Todd in the present of the novel?

4. To which of the following does Evie apply for postgraduate schooling?

5. In what class does Todd first encounter Rafi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What domains are ascribed to the deity Tane in the novel?

2. How does Evie camouflage herself while in high school?

3. What makes Bart a good study partner for Evie while they are in college together?

4. Why is Didier selected to be mayor?

5. What is described as the major perk of the mayoral office on Makatea?

6. Why is Rafi sent to a magnet school?

7. What does Evie answer when asked about her life philosophy?

8. In applying for high school admission, what does Rafi note is his favorite place in the world?

9. Why is Evie asked about continental drift in her admissions appeal?

10. Why does Tamatoa not sleep at night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the cosmogyny expressed in the first two sections of the novel. What does it explain in your world? What does it fail to explain? How?

Essay Topic 3

What is to be made of Rafi’s predilection for reading medievalist and fantasy works? Why is that the conclusion to draw about it? What in the text supports the idea, and how does it do so?

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