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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. Where is Ki-woon "Kento" Park from?

2. What team chooses Alexa Romanovsky in the Wardraft?

3. How many points does Emika earn for her first time in Tokyo?

4. What is the mantra that Emika has tattooed along her left collarbone?

5. At what hotel is Emika housed in Tokyo when she arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Wikki and why is this character important to Emika's mission?

2. What is Emika's primary objective in the opening of the novel?

3. Where does Emika live in the opening of the novel? How is this setting described?

4. What information does the reader first learn about Hideo Tanaka in the novel?

5. What is the Dark World?

6. What does "Warcross" refer to?

7. Why did Emika hack into her high school's computer system?

8. Why is Emika an unlikely candidate to be entered as a wild card in the championships?

9. What does Hideo Tanaka say to Emika when he first speaks to her on the phone?

10. Where does Emika first meet Kenn Edon? What information does he relate to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the romantic tension between Emika and Hideo in the novel. What attracts these characters to one another? What obstacles do they face in pursuing romance? Why is Emika conflicted over Hideo in the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the game Warcross. What is the objective of the game? How is it played (single-player, multi-player, etc.)? How are the settings of this game described?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss three examples of irony from Warcross. How does the author employ situational irony? When and where is verbal irony employed? How does dramatic irony develop tension in the story?

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