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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 many feet below the ocean surface is the Tektite II?

2. What is the name of Evie’s pilot?

3. What kills Evie’s mother?

4. How old is Evie when she recognizes her true romantic impulses?

5. What is the name of the daughter of Evie’s pilot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the chief objections to developing Makatea?

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

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

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

5. How does Bart occupy himself while Evie is away on research before completing her dissertation?

6. What salvation did the Queen receive from her work away from Makatea?

7. Why does Rafi obsess over editing his master’s thesis?

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

9. What is Ina’s master’s project in art?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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