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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 the outcome of the match between Wili and Della Lu?
2. What organization was Jeremy's grandfather a part of?
3. What course of action regarding Wili Wachendon do Paul and Sheriff Wentz decide against?
4. What does Angus say was unusual about the tombstone he saw at the crash site?
5. What does Angus go in search of after the crash?
Short Essay Questions
1. How and why did the Red Arrow Battalion settle in America?
2. What is the relationship between the Tinkers and the Authority?
3. How did Wili's parent's react when they discovered his illness?
4. How is the bioscience lab hidden?
5. What is the Authority's plan for the Tinkers?
6. What traits do Wili and Paul share?
7. Which group does Mike betray by taking Wili to the bioscientists?
8. How and why does Della manipulate Mike?
9. Who was Sylvester, and what did he do for Wili?
10. What is unusual about the guests Paul receives at his house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Paul is consumed by guilt and regrets, and despite his personal strength, he begins to succumb to the pressures of things he believes he is responsible for, and the ways in which he has failed those around him.
1) Discuss Paul's attitude towards the bobbles. Are his protests against them genuine, or are they reactions to other deep-seated feelings that he may be harboring?
2) Describe how and why Paul feels guilty about losing Allison, and how he reacts when she is freed from her bobble. How do these events weight on Paul?
3) Explain Paul's decline as a leader and explain how it is related to the stresses he experiences from his guilts and regrets.
Essay Topic 2
The events that led to the unusual state of raffias are only discussed tangentially and only become clear in the final chapters of the story. The rise of the Authority rapidly and dramatically altered the political landscape of the world.
1) Explain how the bobbles were discovered and first created. What involvement did Paul and the progenitors of the Authority have in these discoveries?
2) Describe how the Authority came to power and how it was able to subdue major military powers such as the United States?
3) Using evidence from the book, speculate as to how the setting could have evolved differently had some minor factors been altered slightly.
Essay Topic 3
Technology plays an important role throughout the novel. The Authority and the Tinkers have fundamental disagreements about how it should be pursued and employed, and these disagreements lead to the central conflict of the book.
1) Explain the Authority's position on technology and describe some of the technologies it has banned outright and those which it has reserved solely for itself.
2) Describe how the Tinkers interact with technology and how they are able to make significant advances despite their limitations.
3) Discuss the impact that these two competing forces have on the average people in this setting. What technologies are available, and how are they controlled or acquired?
4) Explain why the Authority and the Tinkers come into direct conflict over the issue of technology and how their disagreements shape the overall plot of the novel.
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