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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 reluctant at first to help Mzu in her ambush plans at Toi-Hoi?

2. Who is one of the Kiint on Tranquillity that comes to visit Kelly?

3. What does Dariat put Tatiana and his body in before leaving the body to join his soul with the habitat's neural strata?

4. What kind of virtual reality program does Kelly run in her room?

5. Baranovich contacts Mzu through an _________ to offer her freedom from possession in return for the Alchemist.

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Samuel, Mzu, and Monica try to escape the possessed via the basin?

2. How is Rocio different from other souls that are possessed?

3. What happens when a possessed is killed?

4. How are the fates of Louise and Genevieve left uncertain at the end of the book?

5. Why is Rocio uncomfortable with the idea of working with the Edenists?

6. What are some advantages that the possessed have over the living?

7. How can Gerard, Beth, and Rocio take down Kiera if they work together?

8. How does Quinn's operations room evoke images of genocide?

9. How does Quinn view the planet Nyvan from above like a prophet?

10. Why do Dariat and Rubra want to fuse their powers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did Hamilton mean by calling the book "The Neutronium Alchemist Conflict"? Cite an example or examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Hamilton's use of humor in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of humor and explain why Hamilton used them where he did.

Essay Topic 3

Human origins are discussed at length in Foundations' Edge? How did humanity evolve?? How has humanity colonized and expanded its territory in the novel?

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