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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. What will happen to the light and pretty garment Connie wears to the festival after the festival?

2. Luciente believes that freedom is often corrupted by what?

3. Who created the presentation that portrays the behavior of past humans in placing animals into extinction?

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

5. Who tells Connie that she is living "at a certain crux in history....forces are in conflict. Technology is imbalanced."

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a flimsy?

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

3. What does Luciente tell Connie about possible futures?

4. What is the way Luciente decides to help Connie escape?

5. Who is Sappho?

6. What is Luciente and Bolivar's punishment?

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

8. As Connie and the others are beginning their attack in the future, what does Connie flash back to?

9. What message does Connie leave on Dawn's answering machine after she borrows money from Skip to make the phone call?

10. As Sappho's body is taken to its resting place, what does Luciente tell Connie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a friend? Who is the best friend to Connie in the story? Support your answer with examples from the book.

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

Explain, using examples from the book, what the irony is in Luciente's belief that sometimes murder is okay. Why is it ironic?

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