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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. Who hunts the women down in retribution in pages 172-242?

2. Who is Roxy's younger brother?

3. Why is it surprising Margot won the debate?

4. How does the audience react to what Margot does to Daniel during the debate?

5. How do the police view the young women?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narration imply that Tatiana killed her husband?

2. What is wrong with the boy Allie heals on television?

3. How does Roxy's visit to Allie change the course of her fate?

4. What does the Bitten Fruit motif seem to reference?

5. What does UrbanDox think will happen when women kill all the men?

6. Power corrupts. Explain how this is becoming apparent with the women.

7. Why does the author choose to show the reader that Margot struggles to maintain her composure?

8. What is the purpose of the internet chat room being included in the narrative?

9. How does Tunde's sense of events mimic the excerpt from the Book of Eve?

10. Why does Tatiana knowingly share secret information with Tunde?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The worst riots, and subsequent violence, happen in countries where the women are the most oppressed. Why did the author choose to show beaten down women fighting back? What happens when they become empowered?

Essay Topic 2

When Tatiana first takes over as President, what do her intentions seem to be? How does her position change as she gains allies? What other influences determine her actions?

Essay Topic 3

Roxy has trouble fending off the men who attack her and her mom. What phrase does she hear in her mind when she feels her first power surge? What does it mean? Is it meant to be literal or metaphorical?

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