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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 happens to Bernard as a toddler?

2. What doesLeigh-Cheri and Bernard eat and drink in order to survive after A'ben Fizel leaves them alone?

3. In the second "Interlude", what questions does the writer ask about the story?

4. What language does the writer say he is now teaching himself?

5. While on the boat in Chapter Forty-Four, what does Leigh-Cheri and Bernard see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Leigh-Cheri's shocking find when she goes to the pyramid?

2. Why is Leigh-Cheri only permitted to tell a story when she visits Bernard in prison?

3. What did Bernard do to his attorney when he learned he was not going to have a trial and would only finish his original sentence?

4. How did Gulietta become queen of the Furstenberg-Barcalonas' homeland?

5. How does Bernard explain what is wrong with the way most people look at pyramids?

6. What happened that coincided with what looked to Leigh-Cheri, Bernard, and their companions to be a space ship flying by them?

7. What is Bernard's reaction to Leigh-Cheri's self-imposed solitary confinement?

8. What questions does the writer hope to answer as he finishes the book?

9. Who are the "Red Beards" Bernard tells Leigh-Cheri about?

10. What does Bernard think has happened to Leigh-Cheri after he awakens following the blast that set them free?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolism of the bedtime story that was read to Leigh-Cheri every night until she was fifteen?

Essay Topic 3

What is the importance of the word CHOICE? How does Leigh-Cheri interpret the deep meaning of the word?

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