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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. Where were Quig and his family when they were arrested for selling drugs?

2. In Chapter 1, how tall is Fan?

3. In Chapter 5, what is the name of the woman who dies from diabetes?

4. In Chapter 2, how long has it been since the narrator's originals arrived?

5. In Chapter 6, what were an older couple caught raising in their basement?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how is the area described that Fan first travels through?

2. What are some issues that B-Mor residents struggle with in Chapter 5?

3. At the end of Chapter 8, what do the narrators say would happen if the Charters start growing their own products?

4. What was Quig's background?

5. In Chapter 11, what is the place like where Quig and his family stay their first night on the road?

6. At the end of Chapter 6, what is said about Reg and Fan's relationship and what they did together?

7. What did Quig do in a Charter village and why did he have to leave?

8. Who is Eli and what does he look like in Chapter 7?

9. Why does Quig leave the inn alone at the end of Chapter 11?

10. In Chapter 8, when was there an interruption in the consumer relationship between B-Mor and the Charters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When people get old and sick, medical care ceases and they are left to die. What seems to be the attitude toward the elderly in B-Mor? What value do the elderly have? Why are the elderly expected to give up their lives? What is revealed about the value of old age in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Although the lives of people in B-Mor are controlled, they are also free to leave at any time. Why is the ability to leave B-Mor only a perceived freedom? When Fan leaves B-Mor, does she find freedom? How is her ability to find freedom hampered by the controlled society in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Fan adapts to life in Quig’s compound. How is Fan conditioned to adapt to her surroundings? How does Fan adjust to life in the compound? What does her adjustment reveal about adaptability and conditioning?

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