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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 is the name of Rafi’s sister?

2. What nickname do Todd’s parents give him?

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

4. In what field does Rafi hold his highest degree?

5. From which of the following does Rafi steal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rafi dislike reading the encyclopedias his father gave him?

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

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

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

6. Why is Didier selected to be mayor?

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

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

9. How does Todd explain his father’s desire to have a child?

10. What motivates Rafi’s father’s insistence on his reading?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 2

To what genre other than literary fiction might Playground be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Playground? By which groups? Why?

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