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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 is the drug of choice in the Sacrifice Zone?

2. Who is the head of the Crips?

3. What is Y.T.'s Mom's manager's name?

4. What is Nam-Shub?

5. Where can the avatars not pass through each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 33, we learn more about Enki and his history. What is notable to Hiro?

2. A foreboding character is introduced in Chapter 15. Who is he and what is foreshadowed in this chapter?

3. In Chapter 38 we see what we would consider violations to our right to privacy. What does Y.T.'s mother put up with working for the Feds?

4. What are Avatars?

5. There are two new additions in Hiro's office within the Metaverse. What are they and what are their functions?

6. What is revealed in Y.T.'s relationship to her mom?

7. What is the link between the virus, the drug and L. Bob Rife?

8. Why is the Deliverator so disturbed by the idea that the pizza he delivers might be late?

9. What did Enki do to humanities words?

10. How is it apparent the control Hiro has over the information system?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that explains rat things. How do they compare to other pack style animals. They are referred to by other names as well. Why? How many parallels can you find in nature that align themselves with rat things and what characteristics do they share?

Essay Topic 2

Define the literary device moral. Do you think there is a moral to this story? If so, what is it? If not, do you think you could create one? Explain why an author might choose to use a moral.

Essay Topic 3

Y.T. appears to at first be mistaken for a boy by some main characters. What are some possible reasons for this confusion and her behavior? In an essay, explain how identity/sexual orientation could be altered and to what advantage or disadvantage.

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