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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. Where does Jack hope Cole will be imprisoned?

3. Where is Sunsmile headquartered?

4. On what floor is Sunsmile’s call center?

5. Where is Hel injured as Jeff arrests her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Bill Watts note he will not turn Jack in?

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

4. What piece of information in Sunsmile sticks out when Jack reviews their policy on Gabe?

5. Why does Jack grow apprehensive amid her meeting with her cryptocurrency contact?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Zero Days bear as much out?

Essay Topic 2

As part of its content, the novel necessarily discusses various sorts of security measures. What opinion does the novel seem to convey about them? What in the text conveys that opinion, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

How reliable is the narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

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