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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. How long is the bullet found in the Carver's dining room?

2. Where is Marielle shot?

3. What does Cary use to coax Hannibal to let go of the frisbee?

4. Which character finally gets the tourniquet on Marielle?

5. Who calls the police and alerts them of the situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the yellow van do to Mary's car?

2. What does Peter do against the advice of others?

3. How is Cary dressed?

4. Why does Brad Josephson insist on going back home?

5. Describe the other vans introduced in Chapter 3.

6. With what are the walls of the veterinarian's house decorated?

7. What is strange about the way the Carver children react to their father's death?

8. What is Collier Entragian's background?

9. What is MotoKops 2200?

10. What is bothersome about the way the MotoKops are portrayed in this section of the cartoon's script?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the animals, plants and other things that the survivors come across look like replications of these things as a child might have created them.

Essay Topic 2

Explore the significance of sex in the novel. Why is it mentioned when it was? What is it used for?

Essay Topic 3

What is Steve's role in the novel?

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