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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. What is in the backpack of the person who emerges from the wormhole?

2. When Laton's starship briefly docked on Valisk, how many crew members came through immigration?

3. Whom do Louise and Genevieve call to vouch for their identities when they arrive in the panicked city?

4. Who is the first officer to arrive on the scene after Al Capone kills a man with just one punch?

5. Who is the director of the Ombey's ESA office?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jezzibella offers to go along with Al, Al tells her she can accompany him if she does what she is told. How does Jezzibella respond?

2. According to Al Capone, what do the people of the future decidedly lack?

3. According to the stranger who rescues Al Capone off the street, what is the ultimate goal of the group that the stranger is taking Al to?

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

5. According to Capone, what is the main difference between Chicago and New California?

6. Why does the person who emerges from the wormhole insist on one more small swallow maneuver?

7. According to Louise's father, why is Quinn staying at the Kavanaugh manor?

8. What is Kesteven?

9. Why can Al Capone not datavise anyone?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Fletcher Christian and Joshua Calvert. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

Compare the role that Louise plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by Louise, both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Al Capone, Quinn Dexter, Ralph Hiltch, and Fletcher Christian.

Essay Topic 3

Hamilton uses this story to examine the role that truth plays in our daily lives. Examine the author's beliefs through his storytelling. Why would the author choose this story to overlay his demonstration of the consequences realized when the truth is distorted or hidden? What did you learn from the author's discussion on truth? What other avenues, if any, could the author have used to express his beliefs? Would those avenues have been as effective as the story?

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