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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. How many attempts must Jack make to scan her train ticket after she escapes from Sunsmile?

2. How high up is the train window through which Jack escapes?

3. When does Jack call Leadbetter from the field?

4. From which of the following does Jack order food?

5. From which Sunsmile employee does Jack take a security pass image?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does Jack ascribe stiff hands when she wakes at Cole’s girlfriend’s cottage?

2. Why does Jack note trusting Hel’s opinion even above Gabe’s?

3. Why does Jack brave the service station after securing access to Gabe’s phone?

4. What reasons does Jack recognize for others to regard her as homeless?

5. Why does Jack refuse to let Cole take her to a hospital?

6. Why does the driver who takes Jack back to London ask about her partner?

7. How had Jack and Hel arranged to handle the meeting with Leadbetter?

8. Why does Jack get yelled at on the train in which she flees from Sunsmile?

9. Why does Jack posit her last bandage fits poorly?

10. How does Jack know the Sunsmile employee she impersonates has seniority?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of Jack's traits the novel repeatedly emphasizes is her vegetarianism. What effect does the trait have on the character? What effect does it have on your reception of the character? How are those effects achieved?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Zero Days? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 3

There is not one “English,” with the different parts of the English-speaking world each having their own sets of “rules” and common practices. Consider the features of the novel’s usage that deviate from your own patterns of use. What among them attracts the most attention for you? Why?

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