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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 happens to Risa and Connor the morning after Risa is attacked by Roland?

2. What is Roland assigned to do as work?

3. What does Cyrus steal that will give the boys money to travel?

4. Why does Dalton plan to jump off the roof if he is scheduled to be unwound?

5. What does Lev leave at the store after he robs it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Are Risa and Connor doing the right thing by staying away from each other in chapter 28?

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

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

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

5. Why does the knowledge of Connor's unwinding cause Lev to move up the detonation in chapter 62?

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

7. Why does Risa think their new home is called the Graveyard when she sees it in chapter 28?

8. In chapter 56 Connor discovers that there are kids missing from his dorm. Where are they?

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

10. What are some possible reasons that the Admiral may wish to run the Graveyard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The romance between Risa and Connor is one of the major subplots of the book. Explain how their romance develops and what plot devices are used to push them together and pull them apart. Provide 3 examples in your writing and make sure to explain how the plot effected their romance.

Essay Topic 2

Every character in "Unwind" grows from the beginning of the story to the end. Lev, Connor, Risa and even Roland become different people as the book progresses. Their individual experiences, and different relationships, change them - for better or worse.

Choose a character from the book and explain how they have changed. Make sure to discuss how their behavior at the beginning of the book is different from their behavior at the end of the book. Give examples from the plot that contributed to their personality change and analyze how each example changed them. Finally, discuss how you think the character added to the overall plot and storyline of the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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