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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. Where is Lucy from?

2. What company has merged with the New York Times in the novel?

3. How much is the water at the Red Cross/China Friendship water pump in Chapter 3?

4. What is Ratan's first name?

5. Who is the female "guardie" that straps Angel in on the helicopter in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the events in Chapter 15 significant in terms of Maria's role in the story?

2. What observations does Lucy make of Maria and Sarah in Chapter 14?

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

4. What is established through the exchange between Lucy and Angel in Chapter 16?

5. How does Lucy differ from the other main characters in terms of privilege?

6. What irony can be seen in the encounter between Lucy and Maria in Chapters 14 and 15?

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

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

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

10. What is significant about the phone call between Angel and Case in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of betrayal in The Water Knife. What characters commit acts of betrayal in the novel? To what means are these acts committed? How are the main characters in the story affected by betrayal?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Maria's entrapment at the Vet's compound in the narrative. Why has Maria been held captive? What looming danger does she face while she is entrapped? How does Maria's entrapment act as a metaphor in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Maria's circumstances when her character is introduced in the novel. Where is Maria from? Where does she live? How does she survive? What struggles does she face?

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