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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. Allison and Mike commandeer what type of vehicles?

2. What does Paul think about Wili's capabilities before he interfaces with the computer?

3. What does Allison discover about her comrades?

4. What does Avery say the Tinkers would need to create their own bobbles?

5. Why does Wili not tell Paul about his suspicions about Mike and Della?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during Della's attack on the pass?

2. How do Wili's abilities compare to Paul's?

3. Why does Avery believe the Tinkers should be wiped out?

4. Why does Mike contact Della, and what information is exchanged?

5. How does Avery lose control over the situation early in the battle with the Tinkers?

6. How is Wili able to move safely through the dangerous neighborhoods around the embobbled tenement building?

7. Why does Wili lose contact with Jill during the final approach to the embobbling position?

8. What sacrifice does Jill make for Wili?

9. How does Mike feel about losing Jeremy inside the bobble at the bioscience lab?

10. Why are Paul and the others stopped on the road to the Authority enclave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The final chapters of the book center around the final conflict between the Tinkers and the Authority. After Paul and the others are discovered, a large battle ensues, raging in the area around the Authority enclave for multiple days.

1) Briefly explain the events leading up to the final conflict between the Tinkers and the Authority and the reasons both sides have for engaging in the conflict.

2) Discuss the major advantages both sides bring to the battle, including factors such as intelligence, planning, numbers, and technology.

3) Describe the course of the battle, including its major events and resolution.

Essay Topic 2

The bioscientists are a group not unlike the Tinkers in their pursuit of knowledge. However, the Authority took issue with them some time before the beginning of the novel, and they have been forced to live underground, sometimes in a literal sense.

1) Describe the bioscientists as an organization, their structure, goals, and capabilities.

2) Discuss the reasons the Authority had for deciding to act against the bioscientists. How were these reasons similar to or different from those that cause them to act against the Tinkers?

3) Compare and contrast the bioscientists and the Tinkers in terms of their respective pursuits of knowledge.

4) The Authority blames the widespread plagues on the bioscientists. Write an assessment of this accusation, using evidence from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Della is a skilled operative and military leader for the Authority and initially appears willing to do anything to carry out her mission to capture Paul Hoehler. However, her sentiments change and more details about her personality are revealed; she eventually betrays the Authority in stop project Renaissance.

1) Describe Della's position within the Authority and make an assessment of her capabilities and loyalties.

2) Explain how Della uses Mike, and speculate as to whether or not Mike's morals affect her.

3) Discuss Della's progression as a character, particularly her distaste for killing, and her decision to betray the Authority. What are her reasons for this drastic action?

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