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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 are the eagles' names that come with the new falconers?

2. Who plans to go with T.R. but then decides to stay in Tuaba?

3. How does Rufus get his electronics working?

4. After whom is the hospital in Tuaba named?

5. Who are the two other falconers that join Rufus in the chapter titled Eight Months Later?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter titled "St. Patrick's," who does it seem is fighting whom and why?

2. According to Pippa and Rufus why would India choose Laks to go on a mission to Flying S?

3. How does India shut down all the electronics at Flying S? How is this part of the performative war?

4. What is the significance of a plane that can fly in the stratosphere and deliver sulfur exactly where the people who control the plane want it to go?

5. What is significant about the conversation that T.R.'s security personnel have about Laks when they watch him on the security camera footage?

6. What does Fahd Bin Talal give to Saskia and why?

7. What is the first deepfake video involving Saskia about?

8. Why does Rufus go back to speak to his Comanche grandmother Mary before taking up his new role of training Golden Eagles?

9. What is T.R.'s plan for Sneeuwberg and why?

10. Why is Rufus on Squeegee Ninja's side from the first moment watching the security footage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think the author is saying about social media? What does it say that the world is consumed by a social media frenzy around people fighting each other at the Line of Actual Control; that people in Las Vegas are placing bets on the outcomes of fights between Indian and Chinese people?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does Laks fail in his mission? In what ways does Laks succeed in his mission? Why does the author have Laks die at the end? Would it have been as meaningful if Rufus stops him but Laks lives? Do you think there is something the author is trying to say about what it takes for humans to finally listen to a message that they do not want to hear? Consider T.R. and his stubborn attitude. Would he be as willing to listen to Mohinder Singh if Laks does not die?

Essay Topic 3

What is Termination Shock in the context of this book? What does that idea mean? Does the idea of termination shock seem to play a major or minor role in the story? When and where is termination shock brought up in the story? Is it brought up consistently? Do you think the author meant it to be more of a background consideration or to play a significant role in how the reader interprets the book?

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