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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. Gildina states what the world is controlled by whom?

2. Drinking what beverage, is almost ritualized in Luciente's world?

3. While Connie is trying to prove herslef worthy of some freedom in the hospital, Sybil feels what?

4. At the brooder, Luciente and the others are told that what, about Jackrabbit, will be incorporated into the new life?

5. Innocente has been renamed what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Hawk?

2. What happens to Connie at the bus station?

3. How does Connie smuggle the poison into the hospital?

4. What does Connie have to cope with as she becomes a model patient?

5. Describe Jackrabbit's wake.

6. What is the goal of Dr. Redding's experiments?

7. What help does Luciente provide when Connie escapes from the hospital?

8. What is a flimsy?

9. Who is Parra?

10. How do Chapters 15 and 16 motivate Connie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of parents and children explained in the story? Give specific examples of how the future and present are the same, and different, in their presentations of this theme.

Essay Topic 2

Chapter 15 seems a little out of place in the story. What is the warning that chapter is presenting? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does the changing of names in the future relate to the psychoanalytical premise that an individual's personality consists of different facets? Show, using examples from the book, how Connie exhibits this.

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