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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 does Van stay while he is in Seattle?

2. Why does Bruce Jessup call Elgin in Part Five?

3. Who is Polly?

4. What is Dr. Kurtz's hourly rate?

5. What was the name of Bee's dorm at Choate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plan for Bernadette's intervention?

2. What is Bee's experience at the Radio City Musical Hall?

3. How do Bee and Elgin get onto Palmer Station?

4. Who is Nick and how does Bee help him?

5. Why does Soo-Lin get TORCHed at her VAV meeting in Part Five?

6. Why does Bee want to go to Antarctica?

7. What are some examples of Bee acting like a brat in Part Six?

8. Why is Audrey arrested at the start of Part Four?

9. What is the relationship like between Van and Elgin?

10. How does Bee feel about Elgin now that Bernadette is missing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Bernadette a static or dynamic character? Analyze her character and decide if she changes over the course of the novel. If she does, in what ways does she change? If she does not change, consider the ways in which she stays the same.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Bernadette. Using evidence from the text create an essay that argues whether she is mentally stable or not.

Essay Topic 3

Setting plays an important role in this novel. Antarctica, Seattle, Choate, Straight Gate, and Microsoft are a few of the vivid settings in the text. Select one of these settings and analyze how Semple uses setting to add to the novel. What does the setting you have selected symbolize?

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