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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 Inspector Borlú's first name?

2. Why does Corwi doubt Naustin's theory?

3. After the call from the informant, Borlú considers the possibility that the victim was what?

4. What event divided the two cities?

5. Late at night, after speaking to the informant, Borlú stares out his apartment window and does what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Following the Oversight Committee's decision, what is happening to Borlú and Corwi?

4. Who is David Bowden?

5. Who is Khurusch and where was he on the night of the murder?

6. In the hours immediately following the discovery of the murder, what do the detectives believe about the victim?

7. Who is Syedr and what does he believe about Breach?

8. Who is Pall Drodin and what does he tell Borlú about the victim?

9. Upon speaking with Khurusch for a second time, what information do Borlú and Corwi learn?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How do the characters illustrate the constraints of bureaucracy? What are the effects of so many rules and regulations?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Mahalia Geary. Although she has died before the novel opens, she nevertheless has a great impact on the novel. Analyze Geary’s impact on Borlú as well as on the novel’s conflicts and themes.

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