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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 is the photographer that often works with Lucy on stories?

2. Where is Lucy from?

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

4. Where does Lucy's sister live?

5. Where was Lucy's friend's murdered body discovered?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the antagonists for Angel, Lucy, and Maria differ?

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

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

5. What does Angel learn about Lucy in Chapter 13? How does this information affect him?

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

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

8. How is the theme of choices illustrated in Chapter 8?

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

10. What is the principle setting of The Water Knife? How is this setting described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Sarah and Maria in the novel. Where and when did Sarah and Maria meet? What led them to living with one another? What does Sarah do for survival? What happens to her in the course of the story?

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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