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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 does Leadbetter posit Malik has seen instead of Jack?

2. What Sunsmile employee had attempted to call Gabe?

3. In the novel, the phrase “blag it” most nearly means which of the following?

4. Who calls Gabe’s phone in the service station?

5. At what time does Jack arrive back in London?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why had Gabe monitored dark marketplaces?

4. Why does Jack have some trouble finding an image of a security pass?

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

6. For what reason does Jack think Cole had been told to frame her?

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

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

9. Why does Jack note feeling better as she approaches Sunsmile?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many chapters open with Jack waking in more or less unfamiliar surroundings. How does the pattern impact the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

What other features of paratext than chapter-patterning are present in the novel? In what ways do they attract attention? How do they guide reading and understanding of the text?

Essay Topic 3

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

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