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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. After Annette Ekelund talks to Ralph, what kind of cloud descends to form a physical barrier between the possessed and the living?

2. Where is Stephanie, her friends and the children when they have reached the military border between the possessed and the living?

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

4. What is Sinon willing to become in order to help liberate Mortonridge?

5. As Monica and Samuel attempt to leave with Mzu in the foundry, the possessed attack them, killing two operatives with a _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Monica press a gun to Joshua's back after escaping the basin?

2. How does Rocio going to Capone help Gerard in his mission?

3. Why are Quinn's officers afraid of him?

4. What is the cliffhanger pertaining to Tranquility at the end of the book?

5. Why are the Edenists willing to accept the hellhawk in Chapter 13?

6. Why does Quinn torture the Christian priest?

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

8. How does Bonney transform herself to attack Dariat?

9. What happens when a possessed goes to zero tau?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zero-tau is a form of stasis that will freeze a person or thing in the space-time-continuum. How does time move and change as a result? Which characters express this and in what ways? How is sensory feeling suspended?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Rubra. What is his role in "The Neutronium Alchemist Conflict"? What was Hamilton trying to accomplish by creating Rubra's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Choose a character that Calvert grows to like and become familiar with. How does their relationship evolve?

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