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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. With which of the following does "X. Pioneers" begin?

2. With which of the following does "IX. Pioneers" begin?

3. In which era does Zevin finish her novel?

4. In what class did Ant and Simon meet?

5. In which of the following had Marx competed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scene confronts Sam when he returns to his office after the shooting?

2. What addition to Mapleworld does Sam make for Pioneers?

3. To what is the initial success of Mapleworld ascribed?

4. What joke does Marx make about the title of his memoir?

5. Why does Marx value the end of The Iliad?

6. What is Sam’s method for avoiding the appearance of disability?

7. Why does Marx hesitate to tell Sam of his romance with Sadie?

8. What does Sadie note attracted her to Pioneers?

9. Why does Emily give her neighbors rocks?

10. What core belief does Sam report in his TED talk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one game the protagonists develop.

Essay Topic 2

Assuming that Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow? By which groups? Why?

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