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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. Why does Joanne say she married Francis?

2. What does Joseph say Slake would be required to by law if Joseph asked him?

3. What does Joseph think Slake and McAlvane have no right to do?

4. What does Astrakhan say is the only thing a person needs to be a computer hacker?

5. Where does Joseph work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do computer manufacturers leave entrance ways open?

2. Summarize the play.

3. Why does Astrakhan say he first wrote the short story?

4. What does Astrakhan say at the end of the scene?

5. What does Astrakhan say about people's lives at the end of the fourth scene?

6. How does Joanne react when she meets Astrakhan for the first time?

7. What does Astrakhan tell the audience about Joanne and Joseph's life?

8. How does Joseph think Astrakhan has been able to doctor documents to show Joseph is his father?

9. Why does Astrakhan say he went to New York?

10. What does Astrakhan say about memory in scene four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Imagine you have a friend who is a computer hacker.

2. Think about the damage computer hackers can do to other people and about the consequences of being caught.

3. Now write to convince your friend to stop being a computer hacker.

Essay Topic 2

What problems do Joseph's generation face? How are the problems for Joseph's generation different to the problems Astrakhan generation face? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the characters Joseph and Astrakhan.

1. What is their relationship to each other?

2. How are their ideas about life different?

3. How do their differences prove to be destructive?

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