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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does Luciente live in?
(a) 2337.
(b) 2137.
(c) 2237.
(d) 2437.

2. When Connie first meets Luciente, she suspects Luciente is after what?
(a) Her money.
(b) Her house.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her information.

3. When Connie is first interviewed by the head doctor of the experiment, what are the first questions she is asked?
(a) Background questions.
(b) Regular questions.
(c) Health-related questions.
(d) Strange questinos.

4. How did Claud die?
(a) Medical experiment.
(b) Jail riot.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Medication overdose.

5. Who gathers to wish Bee's child well in the wilds?
(a) The other children.
(b) The genetic parents.
(c) The whole community.
(d) The co-mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Connie learns that names do what, as a person moves from one stage of life to another in Luciente's community?

2. What is Dolly's relationship to Geraldo?

3. How many co-mothers does each child in Luciente's world have?

4. When Connie thinks of her daughter's foster parents, she feels what, since they didn't have to suffer to get the child?

5. When Bee's child emerges from the wilds, what will she have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of Connie's cell in the hospital?

2. Who does Connie blame for the walls she has built between herself and the world?

3. Why does Dolly appear at Connie's door?

4. Describe the closeness of Luciente's community with nature.

5. What events does Chapter 2 narrate?

6. How do the children learn in Luciente's community?

7. What are some words that might characterize the future world Luciente describes in Chapter 2?

8. What is "inknowing?"

9. How does Connie get to Bellevue?

10. How does Luciente get Connie to travel to the future the first time?

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