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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 long does it take Zachry and Meronym to climb Mauna Kea?

2. Who helps Luisa to the surface, after she goes back to her sinking car?

3. How is the plane that Isaac and Alberto Grimaldi are on blown up?

4. Where does Cavendish leave the contact information for the author of "Half Lives"?

5. Who is at Luisa's mother's house, charming the lady of the house, and pretending to be a junior partner in a local law firm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Cavendish not get the second half of the manuscript he is reading?

2. What news does Duophysite give to Meronym and Zachry?

3. Why does Frobisher leave Ayrs?

4. What does Zachry find in Meronym's pack?

5. Why does Napier protect Luisa?

6. What are the "souls" that Sonmi and Hae-Joo get in Haumdonggil?

7. According to Hae-Joo, why is the Union going through so much trouble to save on fabricant?

8. As Sonmi and Hae-Joo flee the university, what happens to Hae-Joo's aide?

9. How does the story of Zarchry begin?

10. When Frobisher learns that Ayrs "borrows" a refrain from Frobisher's work, what is Ayrs' reponse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which of the various stories is the most important to the message the book is trying to get across? Support your answer with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

How are the views that the Reverend states over dinner similar to the views of the pure-bloods in Nea So Corpos? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Use examples from the book to answer the following question: What is the author's purpose in making the settings familiar, but not exactly like, the world we live in today?

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