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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 is notable about the DöplirCaffé?

2. In speaking with the lawyer for the True Citizens, what does Borlú realize?

3. Who is Yorj Syedr?

4. According to the unificationist, the victim was what nationality?

5. Why has an embassy official been assigned to the victim's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the informant tell Borlú about the victim?

2. According to the True Citizens, why was Geary murdered?

3. What is Copula Hall? What is its function?

4. What has the Oversight Committee decided?

5. Briefly describe the act of breach.

6. What is the Cleavage and what is known about it?

7. Why does Borlú want to speak with the Oversight Committee?

8. What is the real identity of the victim? What is known about her?

9. What information does Borlú learn from Khurusch?

10. Who is Harkad Gosz and what does Borlú learn from him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you classify the novel? Is it a murder mystery? Science fiction? Fantasy? Crime novel? Choose a classification and argue why the novel fits it best.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the resolution to the mystery of the murder of Mahalia Geary. Is the resolution a satisfying one? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using a first-person point of view. How does viewing the story through the first-person viewpoint of Borlú affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through third-person narration?

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