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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. When Ford re-enters the editors office, what piece of furniture does he intend to hide behind?

2. What is Tricia fixing herself when she goes outside to see what the strange lights are?

3. What noise does the computer on the Grebulon ship think it should get in response to the click?

4. Where does Tricia plan to go in the evening?

5. What causes the prophet to begin speaking in tongues?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ford stop himself from falling?

2. What do the aliens tell Tricia about Elvis?

3. According to Eric the gardener, what happened to Mrs. Williams' cat?

4. What metaphor does Tricia think of, for trying to live life according to a plan?

5. How does Tricia hope to get an audition for the job she wants?

6. What are Arthur's plans after arriving at NowWhat?

7. What does Eric want Tricia to do when she gets home?

8. What major event happened to most other versions of the Earth in other dimensions?

9. At the relocation office, when Arthur imagines himself back on Earth, what does he imagine doing?

10. What does the old lady give to Arthur along with her advice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All of the characters have unique and sometimes conflicting perspectives in the novel. Discuss relative perspectives and points of view in the novel.

1) What are the limitations of individual perspectives of characters like Arthur, Ford, Tricia, and Random? How do their perspectives affect their choices?

2) Why does the author emphasize limited, individual perspectives in the novel?

3) How is a limited perspective necessary for understanding and comprehending the world?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Random's character.

1) How is Random incomplete as a person? Why does she lack a sense of belonging and identity? How does this affect her personality?

2) What is the meaning of Random's name? What role does randomness and chance play in her existence?

3) Why does Random react the way she does to her mother, her father, the Guide, Tricia, and Earth? Why does she need to open the package from Ford? Why does she need to take apart Arthur's watch?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss chance and randomness in the novel.

1) How does chance and randomness affect the Earth and its different possibilities in different dimensions?

2) How does the existence of the new Guide destroy chance and randomness?

3) How does chance and randomness affect the characters, for good or ill, in the story?

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