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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 battle do Wilbur and Vera discuss?

2. How long is Wilbur tied to Wilma's bed?

3. How long do Wilbur and Eliza sleep, following their reunion?

4. What is the name of the second illness to sweep through the United States?

5. Why does Wilbur go to Urbana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mashuri invent?

2. What happens to Wilbur the first time that gravity shifts?

3. During their reunion, Wilbur and Eliza do what to their mother, the servants, and Mushari?

4. What causes the Green Death?

5. Once Wilbur implements the middle name system, how does the Daffodil Club change?

6. Walter finds it disturbing to be around the religious members of the kidnapped Jesus cult for what reason?

7. When Melody plucks a chicken for a rooftop picnic, what happens to the feathers and why?

8. After gravity shifts for the first time, everyone is crying for help. What does Wilbur do?

9. When Wilbur attends a Daffodil meeting, what surprises him?

10. What scientific discovery has been made by Dr. von Peterswald?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, the Chinese create inventions that could help Wilbur and Eliza resolve many of their physical and personal issues. These inventions are mentioned in passing. Select a moment in the text where one of these inventions are mentioned and analyze what this invention could resolve for Wilbur or Eliza.

Essay Topic 2

Wilbur and Eliza reveal their intelligence to their caretakers at the mansion in a cautious and deliberate fashion. Analyze this reveal and its results.

1) What actions do they take to reveal the truth about their intelligence?

2) What actions do they take to protect the adults when they learn the truth?

3) What actions do they take when they do not receive the response they were expecting?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the qualities of the women that appear throughout Wilbur's life.

1) Which women affect him?

2) Which women does he affect?

3) How do these women influence Wilbur's life?

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