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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. Where does Y.T.'s Mom's manager take her?

2. Where do Hiro Protagonist and Vitaly Chernobyl live?

3. Who is a notable refugee at TROKK?

4. About what new gang does Y.T. hear?

5. What does Y.T. wonder whether Fido is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For the first time in this book, the effects of the drug Snow Crash are revealed to Hiro. What are they?

3. What is a Nam-Shub?

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

5. Why might a big wig like Uncle Enzo want to meet Y.T. Kourier, and how does he go about arranging such a meeting?

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

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

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

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

10. What are Avatars?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Rife's control over the Raft's navigation and his control over his followers have in common? How does that compare to the control religious heads today have over their followers? Compare Rife to a current religious head of your choice. What are his/her commonalities/differences?

Essay Topic 2

Which characters are static? Which are dynamic? Which characters are rounded and which are flat? Justify your argument by supporting it from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Name, describe, and quote three literary devices found in this story. How are these useful to the development of the plot? Do they distract or add to the story? How?

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