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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 is the leader of the Tektite II project?

2. What kills Evie’s mother?

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

4. Which are the first investors to reach out to Todd?

5. What is the name of Evie’s brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the chief objections to developing Makatea?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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