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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What eventually happens to Roland?
(a) He is unwound.
(b) He escapes.
(c) He jumps off the music roof.
(d) It is unknown.

2. What happens to Risa at the camp?
(a) She is assigned to play piano for incoming Unwinds.
(b) She has a spiritual awakening.
(c) She is taken away with the tithes.
(d) She is assigned to the "chop shop."

3. What happens to Risa and Connor the morning after Risa is attacked by Roland?
(a) The Fatigues interview people about the incident.
(b) Connor and Risa break up for real.
(c) The Unwinds gang up on Connor and Risa.
(d) All of the Unwinds are rounded up next to crates.

4. What does Lev discover after talking to the priest?
(a) That Connor is scheduled to be unwound.
(b) That he admires Connor's spirit.
(c) That god does not approve of unwinding.
(d) That Roland ran away.

5. Why does Lev run when the police are dealing with Tyler and CyFi?
(a) He doesn't want to be stuck in Joplin with CyFi's fathers.
(b) Because he doesn't want to be accused of stealing.
(c) Because they will be distracted and he can get away.
(d) He would rather be with Risa and Connor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill does Risa have that impresses the counselor?

2. What is the average stay for an Unwind at the harvest camp?

3. What last name is given to all children who are in the custody of the state?

4. What does Risa wish when she sees Roland?

5. What is the reason the Admiral gives for wanting Connor on his jet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Connor chosen to make the Admiral the focus of his anger and resentment?

2. In chapter 35 Lev joins the Clappers, a groups whose only mission is to cause chaos. Does this type of group fit with what the reader now knows about Lev?

3. What evidence does the author give of Lev's changed character during his meeting with the pawnbroker in chapter 26?

4. What lesson does Lev leave Joplin with at the end of chapter 31?

5. How does Lev show that he has matured after Connor punches him in chapter 34?

6. What does the counselor's behavior toward Risa show about the opinion people have of Unwinds in chapter 52?

7. As Connor arrives at Happy Jack Harvest Camp, in chapter 51, he learns that his reputation has proceeded him. What it his reputation?

8. How does the Admiral finally convince Connor to trust him, and spy for him, as chapter 34 unfolds?

9. Is Risa lucky to be chosen to play piano for new arrivals? Or is she unlucky?

10. What does Risa and Connor's meeting in the bathroom in chapter 58 say about the nature of their relationship?

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