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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 Einstein call Nora and Travis?

2. What was the only thing Lem realized he was loyal to?

3. Where was the head of Teel found?

4. What was the name of the boy that helped Garrison?

5. Why does the Outsider smash mirrors?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose behind Yarbeck's creation?

2. What did Vince do that he didn't think would have been acceptable by Don Tetragna, and what did he do to prepare himself for this outcome?

3. What was it about Travis and Nora that made them so memorable to Van Dyne?

4. What does Vince want with Don Tetragna?

5. Why did Travis buy a Scrabble board?

6. How did Nora teach Einstein to communicate and what did she learn from this communication?

7. Why didn't Nora keep her new hairstyle?

8. How was teaching Einstein having a beneficial effect on Nora?

9. How did Travis feel with Nora gone?

10. Why was it that Lem couldn't tolerate failure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Lem finally tell Walt what was going on at the NSA? What had prevented him from telling Walt before? Why did the incidents at Bordeaux Ridge break him of his oath of silence?

Essay Topic 2

The Outsider and Einstein both have a different view of society not only due to genetics but due to the way they were treated. Explain both views of humanity, and why you think each character takes that view. Which do you most identify with and why? What do you think is the stimulus for you feeling this way?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how having a mental illness is more of a way of life than it was in earlier centuries. What do you think is responsible for this global shift in perspective? How has it become chic to have some sort of mild mental disorder? How are mental illnesses glamorized in the media? Who profits from mental illness?

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