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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. Which of the following does Ina cultivate?

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

3. In what year is Todd born?

4. Which of the following does Rafi study in elementary school?

5. Where did Evie dive with her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Todd learn to program chess games?

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

3. From what do the phosphate deposits on Makatea derive?

4. Why is Rafi advanced a grade level?

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

6. What is the irony of phosphate mining on Makatea?

7. Why does the young Evie fear nitrogen intoxication?

8. Why does Ina pray in Tahitian?

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

10. What game does Rafi play at the Taylor library?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, Evie “had found the secret of liberty and life: disguise yourself and do what you need to do” (94). Does the novel have the right of it? What in the text and in experience shows as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of Playground on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Playground. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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