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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. On what floor is Sunsmile’s call center?

2. How does Jack reflect Leadbetter used to taunt her?

3. What kind of laptop does Jack have?

4. Under what name does Jack find passwords to her use?

5. Which of the following gives Jack a ride to London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jack reject Cole’s assertion that framing her for Gabe’s murder was for her protection?

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

3. How does Jack decide what numbers to push to get into the shack where she hides from Malik and Leadbetter?

4. Explain the trick Jack plays with the sling she carries.

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

6. How does Jack test whether it is Hel with whom she texts?

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

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

9. Why had Gabe monitored dark marketplaces?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Zero Days on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Ware’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

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