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

2. How many poets’ work is Rafi expected to treat in his master’s thesis?

3. Which of the following authors does Todd note reading?

4. What had been Didier’s nickname on the soccer pitch?

5. Whose work does Todd hang in his dorm room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Evie hesitate to take an assignment from the National Geographic Society?

2. Why does Rafi initially intend to attend community college?

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

4. What is done with the remains of Todd’s father?

5. What is Todd’s company slogan (301)?

6. To what does the Queen ascribe Evie’s ability to dance?

7. What do journalists pointedly not report about Evie’s Tektite II mission?

8. What are the chief objections to developing Makatea?

9. What had been Didier’s goal in office?

10. Why does Rafi take a college course in European Literary Modernism while still in high school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

What character is the protagonist of Playground? How does the novel support such an assertion?

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