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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. How does Y.T. know that Raven isn't mad at her?

2. Where does Rife take Y.T. where he figures he is safe from Uncle Enzo?

3. What does Hiro think that Reason needs to be operational again?

4. To whom does Y.T. find herself attracted?

5. Who brewed a potion to kill the Nipponese officers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hiro learn about Juanita in Chapter 42 and as a result decides to do?

2. Why do you think Fisheye is more concerned about what Uncle Enzo will think more than his own life?

3. What could be a possible reason for Hiro talking about his father to Raven?

4. How does Fido sacrifice himself for Y.T.?

5. Fisheye tells Hiro that he is sure the pirates would listen to reason. Why would pirates listen to reason?

6. What is L. Bob Rife's interest in Y.T. in Chapter 60?

7. Why would the appearance of Raven be a welcome distraction to Y.T.?

8. How does Hiro learn more about the wireheads?

9. Although Raven is a murderer, he has some redeeming qualities. Name them.

10. How was glossalia suppressed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters are static? Which are dynamic? Which characters are rounded and which are flat? Justify your argument by supporting it from the text.

Essay Topic 2

L. Bob Rife is a popular man. Write an essay on religious icons and their impact on society as a whole. How has that changed over the last several decades?

Essay Topic 3

Think about the Raft gargoyles. What do you think would inspire someone without Juanita's motivations to mutilate themselves in such a fashion? If you think nothing could, speculate on how the multitudes of wireheads came to be.

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