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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. Wili notes that a nearby bobble contains what?
2. What usual crop is often grown near bobbles?
3. What does Irma force Wili to do as he settles into Paul's household?
4. How does Wili react to losing his final match?
5. What devices do Paul and the others use to help protect them from their pursuers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Authority's plan for the Tinkers?
2. What is the Santa Yrez Police Company, and why are they present at the Old California Shopping Center?
3. What is unusual about the guests Paul receives at his house?
4. How and why did the Red Arrow Battalion settle in America?
5. What is the relationship between the Tinkers and the Authority?
6. Describe the symptoms of the illness that overcomes Wili during the first winter he spends with Paul.
7. Which group does Mike betray by taking Wili to the bioscientists?
8. Why does Paul not accompany Wili to the chess tournament?
9. What types of advanced technology does Paul introduce to Wili?
10. What is Avery's attitude towards the Tinkers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trust forms an important part of the development of at least two major characters. Both Wili and Paul learn to trust others and reform themselves dramatically after someone else extends them unconditional trust. Although there were significant risks taken in both cases, the results were positive.
1) Explain why Paul decided to trust Wili, and how Wili responded to this trust.
2) Discuss Wili's decision to trust Mike. How was Wili influenced by his own experiences in making this decision, and what effect did it have on Mike?
3) Summarize the theme of trust within the novel and how it initiates character progression.
4) Speculate as to how the story may have progressed differently had Paul or Wili made different decisions with regards to trusting others.
Essay Topic 2
The events after the chess tournament and at the tenement house spark the final conflict between the Tinkers and the Authority, exacerbating a disagreement that could have smoldered for a long time or fizzled into nothing.
1) Explain the Authority's motivations for intervening at the chess tournament. What were their long and short term goals in this action, and what consequences did they anticipate or fail to anticipate?
2) Discuss Wili's insistence on aiding those trapped at the tenement house. Explain his plan to help them and why he is willing and able to follow through on this dangerous plan.
3) Describe how the events surrounding the chess tournament hostages escalate the conflict between the Tinkers and the Authority.
4) Cite evidence from the novel to explain how the plot may have progressed differently had either Wili or the Authority acted differently at either of these junctions.
Essay Topic 3
Jill is a computer program created by Paul for both practical and sentimental reasons. At the height of the final battle between the Tinkers and the Authority, she allows Wili to escape while sentencing herself to almost certain capture and destruction.
1) Discuss the reasons Paul had for creating Jill. Describe her sentimental importance to Paul, and the functional role she fulfills.
2) Explain some of the behaviors Jill exhibits which suggest she has become more than a simple program. Additionally, discuss the reactions other characters have to these behaviors.
3) After Jill sends Wili away to complete the embobbling program herself, the other characters discuss whether or not she was fully sentient and whether her actions constituted a sacrifice. Cite evidence from the book and speculate as to whether Jill was independently intelligent, whether she had real emotions, and whether her destruction constitutes a real sacrifice.
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