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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 does she ask her mother to do?

2. What does Zoyd want to do before he is arrested?

3. What was the College of the Surf originally established as?

4. What happens to DL when she is working in Ohio?

5. What happens when the depression lifts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does DL do when she becomes convinced that Frenesi was kidnapped and was being held against her will?

2. What and where is Holytail?

3. What does Brock believe that observing his prisoners and taking note of their brow lines, jaw, skull and face will tell him?

4. What is Brock's political philosophy?

5. What strength does Vond have that allows him to manipulate events within PR3?

6. What is DL reluctant about and how does she resolve that reluctance?

7. Why does Sasha suggest to Zoyd that he take Prairie to Vineland?

8. Where do Takeshi and DL take Prairie after they leave and what does she see there?

9. What is the place that DL takes Prairie to?

10. What happens when marijuana is brought onto the campus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Frenesi see Brock? What characteristics does she believe he has? How does she believe that her association with him will alter him and be of benefit to him? What is the common mistake she makes that many women make in relationships? Is she likely to succeed in her efforts? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is the government organization that cures people who are addicted to television? What does the acronym NEVER stand for? What effect does the 'cure' have on Hector? What evidence reveals the extent of his cure? What forces are at work in this project? How does NEVER compare to other projects that are described in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

How does DL become involved with Takeshi? What event precipitates DL's year long association with Takeshi? What does she do accidentally to Takeshi and who was supposed to be on the receiving end instead? Who manages to help him out afterward? What do they insist DL do to make amends?

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