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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 fields do Qfwfq and his playmate have to consider in their game?

2. Where does Mr. Pber^t Pber^d end up?

3. What motivation does Qfwfq attribute to Kgwgk for destroying his sign?

4. When does Qfwfq see his sister again?

5. From here do Qfwfq and the other characters climb up to the moon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the food that the characters collect from the moon made?

2. What does Granny think is happening when light first appears?

3. What happens to the aunts and uncles when they leave?

4. How does Qfwfq react after he sees that his sign is obliterated?

5. When Qfwfq's father says they are hitting something, why doesn't Qfwfq understand what he means?

6. What argument does Qfwfq give that the Z'zus could not be properly described as immigrants?

7. Describe what Qfwfq thinks as he nears the end of the first galactic revolution and believes he's about to see his sign again.

8. Why does Qfwfq say he could not make an accurate guess as to how many beings their were at the point before the Big Bang?

9. How is the sign like a name?

10. Why does Qfwfq say that the sign is more important than its function of marking a place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In COSMICOMICS, the characters exist over enormous periods of time, while astronomical events take place in the formation of the universe. Discuss the role of time in COSMICOMICS.

1) What role does time play in communication in "The Light-Years"? How does time affect the separation between individuals?

2) What is the role of time in "The Dinosaurs"? How does time change perception?

3) What is the effect of passing time on the characters? How does passing time affect older characters like Qfwfq's uncle in "The Aquatic Uncle," and his grandmother in "At Daybreak"?

4) What is the effect of astronomical lengths of time in the stories? How does the passage of astronomical lengths of time affect the betting in "How Much Shall We Bet?" and Qfwfq in "A Sign in Space"? How do the astronomical lengths of time in the novel affect the reader's understanding of Qfwfq?

Essay Topic 2

The stories in COSMICOMICS take place at different points of the universe, where distance and space play an important role. Discuss space and distance in COSMICOMICS.

1) What role does space and distance play in "All at One Point"? How does the confinement of a single point of space compare to the expanded universe and affect characters' perceptions and behaviors?

2) What role does space and distance play in "The Distance of the Moon" and "The Form of Space"? How does distance relate to love and attraction?

3) What role does space and distance play in "Games Without End?" What does the ending of the story say about space and distance?

Essay Topic 3

Because the stories in COSMICOMICS discuss the natural world examined by science, they address mankind's relationship to the natural world. Discuss the relationship between man and the natural world in COSMICOMICS.

1) What is the relationship between the world of mankind and the natural world of the mollusk in "The Spiral"?

2) How is mankind related to the evolution of the universe? How does life on Earth contrast with the natural world before life developed?

3) How do natural forces like evolution and changes in the universe affect characters in the stories?

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