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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 kind of weapons does the Mayor have?

2. Who talks about a man of no memories?

3. How do the townspeople display their sullenness at the beginning of the invasion?

4. What is Winter's occupation?

5. Why does Alex say he should not have been ordered by the soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lanser request his meeting with the Mayor?

2. What does Dr. Winter say the townspeople will do after the invasion, and why does he think this?

3. What does Tonder think of Prackle's pin-up?

4. How does the narrator describe Loft?

5. What does Correll ask of Lanser, and what answer does he get?

6. What makes the townspeople turn against Correll?

7. What are Lanser and Mayor Orden supposed to be symbolizing in this narrative?

8. How did Bentick died?

9. What does Annie do when she gets mad at some soldiers?

10. What is the Mayor's purpose at Alex's trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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