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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. The pathologist determines the victim was how old when she died?

2. Why does Syedr object to invoking Breach?

3. What is Tsueh's first name?

4. What is the name of the lawyer for the True Citizens?

5. Thanks to the video footage, Borlú realized the van must have had what inside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the video footage show?

2. Following the Oversight Committee's decision, what is happening to Borlú and Corwi?

3. How does Corwi disagree with the initial theory of the murder?

4. What is the real identity of the victim? What is known about her?

5. What is the DöplirCaffé and what is notable about it?

6. What happens to the victim's parents?

7. What has the Oversight Committee decided?

8. What is Copula Hall? What is its function?

9. Who is Pall Drodin and what does he tell Borlú about the victim?

10. When Borlú arrives at an investigative dead end, Dhatt recommends he return to what? What is the outcome of this advice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using a first-person point of view. How does viewing the story through the first-person viewpoint of Borlú affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through third-person narration?

Essay Topic 2

The absurd plays a role in the novel. What elements of the novel are absurd? How do these elements impact the novel’s plot, conflicts, and themes?

Essay Topic 3

Borlú finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story, on Borlú himself, and on the other characters.

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