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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. Who do Hiro and Y.T. represent?
2. How can Hiro get Raven out of the Metaverse?
3. Who now is Hiro's only companion?
4. Pairs of Russians run past Hiro towards ______________________.
5. There are two people, groups of people, or things that show great loyalty. What are they?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Hiro view Reason, and how can it be fixed?
2. How does Hiro manage to create an antidote to Snow Crash? Why do you think he didn't do this before and save himself the majority of the trouble?
3. How does Fido sacrifice himself for Y.T.?
4. Hiro finds Raven in the Metaverse. What is Raven doing?
5. What could be a possible reason for Hiro talking about his father to Raven?
6. What is L. Bob Rife's interest in Y.T. in Chapter 60?
7. What do Raven and Y.T. have in common?
8. What are some of the perks of a relationship with Raven?
9. What does Hiro learn about Juanita in Chapter 42 and as a result decides to do?
10. Rife is angry at Y.T. for delivering the package to Hiro. Why doesn't he kill her or infect her?
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
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
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?
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