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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. As Louise and Genevieve tour the panicked city, where does Louise tell her sister and escort that she wants to travel to?

2. Who is the ESA head of a station awakened by the datavised alert?

3. When Capone is on Monterey, how many possessed are now on New California?

4. According to what he tells Louise on the plane, what is Titreano's real name?

5. What is the name of Louise Kavanaugh's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the cars that Al Capone sees as he strolls along the street in his new body.

2. Why does Jezzibella's manager select an early morning departure for Jezzibella's tour convoy out of San Angeles?

3. According to Al Capone, what has he returned to life as?

4. How does the person who emerges from the wormhole respond when asked what she had done to get the Kingdom so angry with her?

5. In Chapter 5, how does the person survive passage through the wormhole without being in a ship?

6. When Al and Jezzibella walk into the operations center on Monterey, what is showing on the wall mounted holographic screens?

7. What is Kesteven?

8. What was so unusual about the airport when Jezzibella's tour convoy arrives to leave San Angeles?

9. Why does Al Capone accuse the stranger who rescues him off the street of being a Communist?

10. When the space plane's pilot learns that some of the space plane's passengers will have to remain aboard the space plane, what does the pilot request from Sarha Mitcham?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses several different literary techniques as the story is told in regard to the story's flow. Describe the techniques of both flashbacks and foreshadowing. How are each of these techniques used in the story? Give specific examples of each technique. Why might Hamilton have chosen to use both of these techniques in the story? Was the story enhanced by the use of these two techniques?

Essay Topic 2

In many ways, the novel is a series of contrasts designed to heighten the reader's awareness and draw the reader deeper into the story and the intricacies of each of the story's characters. Identify at least three contrasts that are used in the novel. Describe these contrasts and determine how they impact the story's plot, as well as the reader's emotional involvement in the characters' lives. If these identified contrasts were not included in the story, what impact would their absence have on the storyline, the characters' development, and the readers' involvement?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast how the character of Louise Kavanaugh changes as the story progresses. Be sure to include your assessment of Louise's character when she is first introduced in the story, when she flees from her family's estate, when she travels through space with Fletcher, and when she wants to pursue Quinn's ship.

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