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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. To which of the following does the narrator compare Polaire?

2. Which of the following is reported as the name of the physician attending Penny’s pregnancy with Nigel?

3. Which of the following positions does Jan Galton-van Riebeeck hold in BEG?

4. At which of the following intersections is the narrator obliged to stand for trial by ordeal?

5. Which of the following is the expected length of the demelanization treatment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize his relationship with Nigel after having drugged him (261)?

2. What image does the narrator report BEG uses to conceive of the United States?

3. What does the narrator note was on sale at earlier festivals at the Tiko?

4. How does the narrator recall his first meeting with Penny?

5. What outcome from the attack on the festival does the narrator note for PHH?

6. What effects does the narrator note demelanization had on Crooked Crown?

7. What message does Jo Jo leave for the narrator when he leaves?

8. How does the narrator report his father describing “permitting issues” (231)?

9. What reason does the narrator give for beginning to learn American Sign Language?

10. What reasons are given for disbelief in ADZE’s complicity in the mall attack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the following passage (93):

We passed an open unit where tidy-looking white people in business casual clothing sat upright on a couch. One man, his hair neatly parted, loosely lolled his head. The women on either side of him were zonked out also. One of the boys from the hallway checked his device clock and stepped into the unit. The Tiko was a good place to find your jollies for those with free right-of-access. Fly in from out of town. Stop at the Tiko for a tune-up and make your noon meeting with time to spare.

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the effects of the narrator’s refusal to name himself in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

What purpose is served by the scene in which the narrator, Penny, and Nigel tour Shanksted Plantation, just before Nigel goes missing (50-54)? What in the text and experience indicates that purpose? How does it do so?

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