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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. What character does Olive perform for her daughter in their game of pretend?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 8 of "Anomaly" begin?

3. At which of the following does Gaspery look through his cell window?

4. Which of the following trees features in Edwin’s family’s garden?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 6 of "Anomaly" begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason is given for the exhaustion of meeting via hologram?

2. Why does Talia not remain with Zoey?

3. How does Olive gloss the flight from Earth to the moon?

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

5. What admonition does Gaspery leave with Edwin about disclosing information regarding the anomaly?

6. What does Zoey note to Gaspery happened to her after his dismissal from the Time Institute?

7. What objections to forest sounds does Gaspery note?

8. Ultimately, at what response to the simulation hypothesis does Gaspery arrive?

9. For what reason does Zoey note that Gaspery is not simply lost in time after preserving Olive’s life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Sea of Tranquility bear as much out?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of Sea of Tranquility 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 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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