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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. What is the name of the town that sits 250 kilometers below the neck of Mortonridge?

3. When it emerges from a wormhole, what planet is Oenone above?

4. Who tries to rescue the girls as they are standing outside their mother's boudoir?

5. How does Louise describe the man who rescues the Kavanaugh girls outside the farmhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jezzibella reaches the airport in San Angeles, why has her flight been rescheduled?

2. According to the neural expert's promise, what will always be there for Gerald Skibbow?

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

4. As the story opens, what two things is Louise Kavanaugh waiting for?

5. According to the space plane's pilot, why will the reaction engines need to be replaced when the space plane reaches port?

6. In Chapter 5, why is the wormhole survivor so relieved to be out of the wormhole?

7. According to Louise Kavanaugh's musings, what has destiny apparently chosen Louise to do?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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