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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 date does Emika's invitation to participate in the Wardraft as a Wild Card state?

2. What is the highest bounty that Emika has ever earned, according to the narrator in Chapter 9?

3. Where is Yuebin from?

4. How many players are on each team of the Warcross championships?

5. How many viewers are announced to be watching the opening ceremony of this year's Warcross final tournament in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors begin to circulate regarding Emika after the Sound Museum Vision party?

2. What are Emika's impessions of Tokyo when she arrives?

3. What does "glitch" mean in the context of the novel? What is the example of glitching that occurs in Chapter 4?

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

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

6. What does Emika look like?

7. What is the process of the Wardraft?

8. What does "Warcross" refer to?

9. What are NeuroLink glasses?

10. What is the significance of the dark figure that Emika sees during the Wardraft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the twist-ending of Warcross. Did you expect this ending? What clues in the text foreshadowed the outcome of the story? Why do you think the author ended the novel in this way?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of semblance in Warcross. How does the author illustrate the blurred line between reality and fantasy in the novel? What do you think the author is saying about reality and illusion? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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