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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 makes Barbara decide to reveal the transcripts to Joe?

2. What motivated Joe as a child to excel?

3. What does Mercy reveal the child's name to be?

4. What confession does Rose make to Joe before dying?

5. What feelings overwhelm him in the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Joe believe that in the year that has passed, Rose has never tried to return Nina to him if she really had his daughter?

2. Where are Joe and Nina on the two year anniversary of Flight 353?

3. What has time with Nina given Joe?

4. What surprises Joe about the information Barbara reveals about how the plane went into the ground?

5. What actually caused the crash and why is it so unusual?

6. How does Joe warn Barbara and keep her safe at the same time?

7. What facts does Joe share with Barbara about the flight that he has so far withheld from her?

8. Why does Joe decide Barbara shouldn't tell him anymore, and why does she insist?

9. What convoluted route must Joe take for his meeting with 'Demi'?

10. What point does Barbara make that Joe hasn't thought of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are rage and grief linked? What associates these two emotions and why? Joe is barely in control of himself. How does this manifest itself? What indicators are there that point to a secondary causative as opposed to a simple response to the stimuli at hand? What steps does Joe take to attempt to bring this under control? Are these steps effective? Why or why not? Explain what Joe could be doing to help him through this time more effectively.

Essay Topic 2

Who are Infiniface? What involvement do they have in the research that is done by Rose? How did they come to be aware of her research and what is their interest? What do they hope to find? Why do they present themselves as though they were a cult? Do all members of Infiniface wear robes and shave their heads? What do the members of Infiniface discover about most people that changes their behavior? How do they view Rose? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Why does hate CCY-21-21 at first? What prompts him to risk his own life to save hers anyway? What dangers do he and CCY-21-21 face both in the cabin and as they flee from it? How does CCY-21-21 end up with the name Nina? Who gives it to her and when? What initial gift does 'Nina' share with Joe as they flee the cabin? Why does Joe refuse the grandest gift she has to offer for so long? What finally happens that changes his mind? At this point, how has 'Nina' already affected Joe merely by her constant presence?

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