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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. When Connie can communicate with the future, she is diagnosed as what?

2. In Luciente's world, when young people are taught how to connect with and control the functioning of their internal systems is a process called what?

3. While in the mental hospital, Connie is drugged into what?

4. Luis signed papers that sent Connie where?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "inknowing?"

2. Why do Connie and Sybil carefully renew their friendship?

3. Why is Connie confused about the naming ritual Innocente is going to undergo?

4. Who was Claud and what happened to him?

5. What does Luciente's community symbolize to Connie?

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

7. What happens when Geraldo arrives at Connie's apartment?

8. How did Connie lose Angelina?

9. How does Connie get to Bellevue?

10. When Connie firsts sees Dawn, what happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Connie's underlying feelings of resentment and anger contribute to her problems? What is her resolution to the situation? Provide evidence from the book in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Who are the Shapers? What is their importance to the story? How are the Shapers of the present and future similar and different? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Explain, using examples from the book, how the people Connie meets in the present and the future become allies and inspiration in her struggle for self-respect and freedom.

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