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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. How old is Gulietta?

2. What is the similarity between juggling and composing on a typewriter?

3. According to the novelist, what is used to write this novel?

4. While visiting him in his hideaway, what disclosure does Leigh-Cheri make to Bernard about how he makes her feel?

5. What is the writer going to inject into a lime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with the color of the writer's typewriter?

2. In Chapters Seven and Eight, what is learned about the people around Leigh-Cheri?

3. What are the concerns King Max and Queen Tilli discuss about their daughter while she is away at the conference?

4. What is the writer's expectation for the typewriter?

5. What happens when a writer publishes an open letter to Bernard calling him a victim of the Vietnam War?

6. How do they say, "Have a nice day," in the writer's country?

7. Why is Leigh-Cheri so upset when she returns to the boat where Bernard was staying?

8. What idea does Leigh-Cheri talk about when she is interviewed for People magazine?

9. What does Leigh-Cheri learn when she goes on Bernard's boat?

10. Why are the the Furstengerg-Barcalonas in exile?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Leigh-Cheri sell A'ben Fizel on the idea of building a pyramid? Wasn't it a far-fetched idea? Why did he agree, knowing the project would take a long time and a lot of money to complete? Was it a loving gesture or a business deal? What kind of relationship did they have? Were they in love or business partners with fringe benefits?

Essay Topic 2

What leads Leigh-Cheri to use the metaphor of a smoker's lung as a naked virgin sacrificed into godfire? Why does she use this example? Explain her reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the effectiveness of the way Chapter Thrity-Nine is written by jumping back and forth between two difference scenes.

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