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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 does Presteign rename the Presteign Princess upon christening?

2. What trade does Y'ang-Yeovil offer to Presteign?

3. What is the name of the group which populates the Sargasso Asteroid?

4. What is Foyle's nickname on the cerebral ward?

5. Where is the location of the Presteign shipyards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Jiz and Sam Quatt?

2. What keeps Foyle from divulging information about the whereabouts of the Nomad when he is questioned at the Nightmare Theater?

3. What ultimately happens to Sam in Chapter 6, and how does it happen?

4. What does Jiz ask of Harley Baker, and why is he qualified to do what she asks?

5. Why does Y'ang-Yeovil want custody of Foyle after Foyle's attempt to destroy the Vorga?

6. What is the relationship between Presteign and Dagenham?

7. What kind of advice does Jisbella McQueen give Foyle when they discuss on the Whisper Line?

8. What are some of the negative aspects and results of jaunting?

9. How did the Scientific People come to be?

10. What does Foyle discover on board the Nomad when he returns to the Sargasso Asteroid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Early in the book, Foyle, who is stranded on board the spaceship Nomad, manages to escape the ship after being bypassed (he thinks) by the crew of the Vorga. He finds himself among the Scientific People. The Scientific People tattoo him with tiger-like markings and with the name, Nomad, across his forehead. Discuss how those markings are an externalization of his internal crisis, his drive for revenge on the Vorga, and the significance of the name Nomad apart from it being the name of his spaceship. What is Foyle's chief motivation for his actions while with the Scientific People?

Essay Topic 2

After Foyle and Jiz escape Gouffre Martel, they find themselves in the presence of Harley Baker and his Freak Factory. Discuss how Foyle is dealing with his lack of control, Jisbella's attempt to teach him some control, the significance of the removal of his tattoos, why it is significant that he undergoes the tattoo removal without anesthesia initially, and how the removal of those external markings amplify the need for Foyle to deal with his internal markings as well. Also note how the tattoos reappear when he is angry, passionate, or otherwise emotional, and how that betrays his internal state externally.

Essay Topic 3

It is not until well into the story that Foyle shows himself to have the capacity for anything other than revenge. Identify two or three pieces of evidence that Foyle can show positive traits and emotions, how they fit into the overall plot of the book, and how the display of those traits helps make him into a more sympathetic character.

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