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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 day of the week is June 8?

2. Where do doctors at the hospital tell Jared his belongings from the hotel are?

3. B says a Swiss scientist won a Nobel Prize for his work with DDT in what year?

4. What medical condition does Jared have at the beginning of Part Three?

5. Jared and Shirin want to protect who from Lulfre?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Charles, Shirin, and Jared all B?

2. What does B say about individual cultures and their place in the scheme of things?

3. Why does B argue with what people in the 1950s said about Man and his place in the scheme of things?

4. How does B draw a parallel between Eastern and Western cultures?

5. How does B say Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" caused a change in the world?

6. What happens when Jared smashes his ammonite fossil?

7. Why does B believe the Agricultural Revolution caused problems for mankind?

8. How does B explain how population increased since Homo sapiens first appeared on the earth?

9. How does Jared reply when Albrecht sneeringly asks if he is now B when they think Shirin is dead?

10. What happens when Jared visits Lulfre after fleeing the Company Farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore Charles's plan for Jared. Why does Charles want to teach Jared? What types of things does he want to teach him? What method does he plan to use to teach Jared? What seems to be his overall goal for Jared?

Essay Topic 2

Explore Shirin's role as B. How does she become B? Why do you think she takes over? How does her version of B differ from Charles's? How does it stay the same? What seems to be her function in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Explore Jared's initial reaction when he hears Charles's lecture. What does he think of the message? Why does the lecture upset him? What does he seem to think of Charles?

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