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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 year is noted on the silver dollar Adesh produces?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 28 begin?

3. About what word does Gwendy inquire to Charlotte?

4. What is the name of the child whose shoe-tying video Gwendy watches?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 23 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gwendy describe as “the biggest miracle of all” (296)?

2. What objections does Gareth voice to the suggested inspiration for the space station’s shape?

3. What information does Charlotte provide in response to Gwendy’s appended query?

4. Why does Adesh report his conversations with other flight crew members to Gwendy?

5. What demonstration does Adesh give with his bugs?

6. What powers the rocket with which Gwendy has been sent into space?

7. What does Bobby remark is “the most important gift a young man can possess” (319)?

8. How is the crew made aware of the fatal confrontation between Gwendy and Gareth?

9. What reason does Gwendy note for believing Gareth’s story about meeting Bobby?

10. Of what does Gwendy dream on her fourth night on the space station?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

Essay Topic 3

A number of readers note the prevalence of overt real-world political messaging in the text. Does the presence of such add to or detract from the effect of the novel on your personal reading? How so?

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