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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 Y.T.'s Mom's manager's name?

2. For whom does Y.T. work?

3. Of what does the center of the Raft consist?

4. What is Nam-Shub?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Raft navigate?

2. What are Metacops?

3. What is atypical of what appears to be a typical drug deal?

4. When Y.T. enters Fedland, what else can we note about the present government?

5. What is the Black Sun?

6. What are some possible reasons that Y.T. might feel uncomfortable around the people of Griffith Park and the Falabalas?

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

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

9. More ethnic stereotyping is revealed in Chapter 40. How do people from the New South Africa franchise treat Hiro?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is one character that is really round, or realistic, in this novel. Describe this character and what makes him/her a finished character. Why are his/her motives realistic? By comparison, what is the flattest, or most unrealistic character?

Essay Topic 2

Hiro embarks on a mission to save the world and risks life and limb to do so. Write an essay that details his motivations and compare that with what you would have done in a similar situation.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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