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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 thoughts give the Mayor shame while he is under arrest?

2. How do the soldiers get news from home?

3. What kind of looks do the townspeople give the soldiers when passing them?

4. What does Mrs. Morden tell Tonder was the cost of her companionship?

5. What does Lanser think will restore order in the town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Molly's comment to Tonder about sausages mean?

2. What punishment does Loft create for insubordinate mine workers?

3. What happened to Tom and Will's brother?

4. Who does Lanser want to put in charge of gathering the packages, and why is he unavailable?

5. What did the Mayor have to do if he wanted to avoid being executed?

6. What does Lanser plead with the Mayor to do before his execution, and what did this show?

7. Why can the soldiers not punish the mine workers by withholding food?

8. How could the people use the dynamite sent to them by the air drops?

9. What do Tom and Will plan to do as they ecape, and why?

10. What does Correll say will be done to create order in the town after the packages are dropped?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The town and country in this book were not ever named. Why do you think the author chose to withhold this information, and how did it change the feeling of the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book, presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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