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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. Which Wilkinstone’s Travel employee does Jack query for information?

2. Who is the front desk security guard at Sunsmile when Jack arrives?

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

4. With whom does Jack meet to effect a transfer of cryptocurrency?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why had Gabe monitored dark marketplaces?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than thriller might Zero Days be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Zero Days? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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