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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. With which of the following does Chapter 9 of "Anomaly" begin?

2. In what year is the novel published that Olive is on tour to discuss and promote?

3. In what format does Gaspery find the source of a quotation from Olive’s novel?

4. In which country does Edwin fight?

5. For how many deaths is Gaspery framed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Gaspery finds the source of a quotation from Olive’s novel while in prison. What is the source?

2. For what reasons does Olive regret having abandoned her suitcase for her return trip to the moon?

3. What examples of waking up in a new world does Olive rehearse as she returns to the moon from Earth?

4. How does Gaspery know he will encounter Vincent in New York City?

5. To what does Gaspery liken having warned Olive of her coming death?

6. What objections to forest sounds does Gaspery note?

7. For what reason does Gaspery realize offenders against the Time Institute are lost in time?

8. What clues does Olive have that Gaspery’s magazine assignment is a cover?

9. What is the actual reason Edwin spends much time walking after his military service?

10. What is the public reason Edwin spends much time walking after his military service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

St. John Mandel lists several authors whose materials she uses. Others are mentioned in the text. Not all of her literary influences are named, however. To what other writers is St. John Mandel indebted? For what? How does the text show as much?

Essay Topic 2

At a dinner party early in the novel, Edwin inveighs against British colonial practice. For it, he is sent away from his home, although he continues to be supported by his family. In all, what attitude toward colonial practice does the novels present? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

The novel, being set in the future, necessarily suggests certain events in its own history. For one such event, how likely is it to occur, based upon the text and experience, and in what way?

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