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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 was it that stood in Don Denny's place?

2. What was the date on the paper at Joe's con-apt?

3. What does the advertisement of Glen Runciter suggest?

4. What racist term does Joe hear used that he had never heard before?

5. What was the name of the pilot that might be interested in making the trade with Joe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with Joe's theory, regarding how to stay alive and stop from being worn out?

2. What information does Sammy offer that confirms that Pat is the one destroying each of them, one at a time?

3. What made Mr. Bliss do a double take?

4. How does Pat look at Joe?

5. What was odd about Joe and Al's visit to Baltimore?

6. What is Runciter trying to do according to A?

7. What did this deterioration make Joe feel and why is this a problem?

8. What is Glen's thoughts regarding the Prudence organizations?

9. How is Pat taking the fact that everyone is slowly being killed off?

10. What different views do the people of the time frame that Joe has found himself in hold that are contrary to the ones Joe and his coworkers hold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Pat as a primary antagonist in the story. What clues point to her as being the main force opposing the group of Runciter Associates? In what regard does she seem like the perfect adversary for Joe?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Joe and Wendy as a couple. How did they compliment each other? Use evidence from the book. Provide an explanation as to why Joe didn't ask Wendy out.

Essay Topic 3

Provide reasons for the decay of the life around a half-lifer. Why isn't the decay relative to the person in half life? How was it that the entire group of inertials experienced exactly the same decay?

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