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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 level of blr units of telepathic aura does Melipone emanate?

2. What image did Joe get in his head at the end of the chapter?

3. Why was Runciter pawing through the documents on the table?

4. How did he rely on Ella?

5. Where do they consider moving the Prudence organization HQ?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it a sound business idea that Mr. Runciter sells his services to Ms. Wirt?

3. What was interesting to note about Sammy Mundo?

4. Provide reasons as to why Joe Chip is stressed in this chapter.

5. Why does Joe Chip believe that he was selected to keep the prudence organizations going?

6. Why did Joe want to clean his conapt?

7. How does Mr. Runciter find out who Ms. Wirt's employer is, and why is this information valuable to him?

8. How does Ella explain half-life, and why did Ella believe that he would never fully understand it?

9. Under what terms is Pat hired?

10. What is a half-life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jory as a deity. In what way is he a god in the half life world? In what way is he like the god of the underworld? In what ways does he closely resemble a god?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the repeated references to cigarettes in this novel. How does this relate to the culture of the day in which the novel was written? How have things changed in regards to the references to smoking in literature?

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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