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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. Whom did Ashil blame for the accident?

2. Who is particularly uncomfortable with Borlú's plan to get two people out of the city?

3. Who intercepts the package sent to Bol Ye'an?

4. What had happened to Bowden a few weeks before Geary's murder?

5. Borlú posits that Geary initially believed she was working on behalf of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Borlú and Dhatt attempt to get Rodriguez out of Ul Qoma?

2. Who is Yallya? What part does she play in the investigation?

3. After Ashil is shot, what does Borlú realize? What does Ashil do?

4. Who is Ian Croft and what does he believe about Breach?

5. Why does Borlú go to the University Library of Ul Qoma? What does he find there?

6. What is sent to Bol Ye'an? What has been written on it?

7. What plan does Borlú make regarding Rodriguez?

8. What information does Rodriguez give Borlú regarding Geary?

9. How did Borlú and Dhatt plan to get Rodriguez out of Ul Qoma?

10. How does Borlú walk through the city while out with Ashil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Borlú finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story, on Borlú himself, and on the other characters.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think the future has in store for Tye after the close of the novel? Predict the future for Tye based on his thoughts and actions throughout the novel. Will he find satisfaction in his new life?

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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