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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. Who is at home thinking of Dua in Chapter 3b?

2. What does Dua do in order to hide in Chapter 3a?

3. Who insists that Dua must come home in Chapter 5b?

4. What theory does Selene want to know about in Chapter 10?

5. Who offers to teach Dua when she comes home in Chapter 3b?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Lunar gymnasiums.

2. What do Selene and Denison discuss on the surface of the moon?

3. How does Dua begin to melt in Chapter 3b?

4. What does Odeen realize about passing and fear in Chapter 4b?

5. Why is Dua upset about the Positron Pump?

6. What does Gottstein reveal to Denison in Chapter 6?

7. What does Odeen realize about Tritt in Chapter 4b?

8. How does Dua keep from being seen in Chapter 3a?

9. Describe Selene.

10. What disturbing discovery does Dua make and tell Odeen in Chapter 5b?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. Hallam and Lamont are two of the most active characters.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Dr. Hallam had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Lamont had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 2

The role of women in this book takes on very different forms. For example, Dua is an alien while Selene is tour guide for the Lunar colony of the moon. Describe and compare.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the depiction of these two female characters in the book, Selene and Dua. How are they similar? How are they different? How are their ultimate experiences similar? What is the lesson that the author wishes to convey through these examples?

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