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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character does Tau Ox play on the television show that Angel enjoys?
(a) Burton Hest.
(b) Jack Frost.
(c) Relic Jones.
(d) Bruce Wayne.

2. What are the residents of Phoenix called in the novel?
(a) Lifers.
(b) Calis.
(c) Fivers.
(d) Zoners.

3. What are the residents of the Taiyang called in the novel?
(a) Fivers.
(b) Zoners.
(c) Lifers.
(d) Calis.

4. What is the name of Lucy's sister?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Maria.
(c) Amparo.
(d) Anna.

5. What does Julio call the headquarters for the California water knives in Chapter 11?
(a) CAL.
(b) Vulture.
(c) SVA.
(d) Ibis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ratan's first name?

2. Where is Maria hiding in Chapter 20?

3. What television show does Angel watch in his hotel room in Chapter 13?

4. What does the "SNWA" stand for in the novel?

5. Where is the smoky wind blowing in from when Maria goes out to sell water in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed through the change in the narrative's focus in Chapter 11?

2. How is Angel's character introduced in Chapter 1? What does the author reveal about his character in this chapter?

3. How is the narrative of The Water Knife related?

4. What is the purpose of the author revealing Angel's back-story in Chapter 4?

5. What is the inciting event that sets the narrative into motion?

6. How is Lucy's character juxtaposed against Angel's in Chapter 2?

7. What character transformation begins to occur in Chapter 11?

8. How does Maria's perspective differ from those of the other main characters when she is introduced in Chapter 3?

9. What is illustrated for the reader in the first encounter between Lucy and Maria in Chapter 14?

10. How would you describe the language style of The Water Knife?

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