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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 is the topic of the deep conversation the boys have on the plane?

2. Why are the Unwinds told to stay out of the open desert?

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

4. How are jobs determined at the Graveyard?

5. What do the Unwinds call the Admiral's rules?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In chapters 33 and 34, Risa and Connor are given work assignments. How might these assignments be a positive thing for them?

3. In chapter 28 the Unwinds meet the Admiral. Is it significant that he does not go by a name, but by a title?

4. 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?

5. What is implied in chapter 30 about the nature of brain bits and Unwinds?

6. Why would anyone choose to sponsor an Unwind from the Graveyard as suggested by the Admiral in chapter 28?

7. As Lev sits in the workout room in chapter 57, how does he see his position as a tithe?

8. Why does the Admiral choose to tell his story to Connor in chapter 34?

9. In chapter 51 the teens are sent to Happy Jack Harvest Camp. Why is the camps so nice and colorful?

10. How do Lev's feelings toward CyFi change in chapter 29?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While Risa is playing the piano on the roof at Happy Jack, she meets a boy named Dalton. Dalton has a plan to escape the camp when he turns 18.

Explain Dalton's plan. Do you think it will work? Why or why not? Do you think the camp will allow him to leave when he turns 18? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the plot of the novel "Unwind". Be sure to detail the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. For each of these sections of the plot, discuss whether these plot points helped or hurt the plot. Explain why you feel the way you do.

Essay Topic 3

Write a research paper about organ donation. Answer the following questions in your research:

What is organ donation?

How does it work?

How does the body respond to a donated organ?

What happens after a person receives a donated organ?

What are the rights of the family who donated the organ?

Are there drawbacks to organ donation? What might they be?

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