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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. Who owns the Starport?

2. What does I-Man call the younger Rastas?

3. Where does I-Man live?

4. What is the communal house built into?

5. What does I-Man call Chappie when introducing him to Paul Dorsett?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chappie do at the bridge in the rain, and why?

2. What secret does Chappie want to tell his father?

3. What does Chappie choose to do with the last of the money he stole from Buster?

4. How is I-Man's death reported?

5. How did Chappie's mother and father meet?

6. What does Paul do for a living in Jamaica?

7. How does Chappie feel about his 15th birthday party?

8. Why does I-Man say he wants to return to Jamaica?

9. What does Chappie feel obligated to do after I-Man's death?

10. What makes Chappie think that I-Man is magical?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Chappie and Paul are very similar in nature although very different in many other areas. What are some of these intrinsic differences and similarities, and what message(s) was Banks was trying to send with these two characters?

Essay Topic 3

How do Russ and Chappie change through the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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