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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 colleges does Rafi initially choose to attend?

2. Where had Rafi’s sister wanted to go?

3. To what depth does Evie’s pilot attempt to restrict her dives?

4. Which of the following is the leader of the Tektite II project?

5. Which of the following artists’ music do Makatean musicians play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Evie not explore her true romantic impulses?

2. What are the chief objections to developing Makatea?

3. What is Todd’s refuge on campus as a freshman?

4. Why does the Queen make a point of calling on Wen Lai?

5. What is the initial reaction to the investors offering a trial artificial intelligence to Makatea?

6. How does the novel describe the defeat by Deep Blue of Kasparov?

7. What does Todd note about eggplant?

8. What dangers confront Evie as she dives for her war-operation assignment?

9. What privileges does the Queen associate with her title?

10. What had Todd’s father said about a person’s worth and character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

How reliable is the narrator of the first-person sections of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

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