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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 Biblical figures does Gwendy reference in the lead-up to launch?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 10 begin?

3. To which of the following is Harris compared?

4. With which of the following does Chapter 1 begin?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 11 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sign had formerly graced the approach to the flight vehicle?

2. What information does Gwendy receive about Ryan's death from an anonymous caller?

3. What argument does Pete Riley initially attempt to convince Gwendy to run for Senate?

4. What connection do the Brighams have to the launch?

5. What accounts for Gwendy's name?

6. Of what does Gwendy dream while dozing before her televised conference?

7. What occasions a thud and a flash on the ascent into space?

8. Summarize Ryan Brown's Black Friday tradition.

9. Where is the fire-damage to Gwendy's house concentrated?

10. What news effectively ends Magowan's campaign?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of the back matter in the text? How is that function achieved?

Essay Topic 2

There are two authors for the book. Is it possible to tell what parts are composed by one author or the other? How so? Or, if it is not, what serves to unify the authorial voice throughout, and how?

Essay Topic 3

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the novel be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

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