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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 of the following is Simon’s chief tormentor?

2. Which of the following diseases did St. Jean’s work almost eliminate?

3. How many bloodsport competitors are in Thurwar’s group?

4. What nickname does Wright initially suggest for Thurwar?

5. What level of fan package does Wil subscribe to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is silence enforced on the bloodsport competitors while they are being transported?

2. How does Forest Worley’s conception of the bloodsport differ from his father’s?

3. What had been the organizing principle under which Sunset Harkless had led his combatant group?

4. How is Staxxx’s fight against Rave Bear promoted?

5. How does Staxxx dispatch Rave Bear?

6. How is being Influenced described in the text?

7. Why does Mari value Nile?

8. Why is the protest at Thurwar’s penultimate fight expected to be among the largest against the bloodsport?

9. Why does Emily prefer the broadcasts of the bloodsport competitors between bouts to the broadcasts of the fights themselves?

10. Per the novel, what effects does solitary confinement have on prisoners?

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 Chain-Gang All-Stars bear as much out?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Chain-Gang All-Stars? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 3

How does the novel define prison abolition? Support the definition from explained evidence the text provides.

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