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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 was the name of the hotel that Melipone disappeared from?

2. Who else had a similar experience to Tippy while asleep?

3. How many telepaths did Mrs. Wirt say she was authorized to pay for?

4. What best describes the way Runciter felt looking at Pat?

5. What was the name of the ship that was to take them to Luna?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mr. Runciter reveal that he knew who the person was that was financing Ms. Wirt's enterprise?

2. What is a half-life?

3. Why would Ella not like to be in isolation?

4. What was interesting to note about Sammy Mundo?

5. Why are Anti-PSI talents necessary?

6. What does Joe guess was going to happen to all of them and why?

7. In what way(s) did Pat change reality for the group?

8. What is the unique feature about Joe's apartment that is different from apartments we know?

9. How did the author describe Hollis?

10. Why did Runciter immediately want to pack everything up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Pat's fascination with her own power. How does it lead her into trouble later on? For what reasons does this power provide Pat with a false sense of security?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how Joe's confidence increases throughout the novel. What are the circumstances that increase this confidence? How does he choose to exercise this newfound confidence?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the novel from a religious point of view. How many things in the novel express a lack of religion on the part of the author? What kind of things could allude to a religion?

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