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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 is the name of the Romany women the Kavanaugh girls meet outside the farmhouse on their way into town?

2. On the way to the aerodome, what does Carmitha emerge from her caravan holding?

3. Who is the police commissioner in the city that Al is overtaking?

4. Who reluctantly agrees to fly the Kavanaugh party off of the planet?

5. As Jezzibella's tour convoy travels through San Angeles, who is in the car with Jezzibella?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the neural expert's promise, what will always be there for Gerald Skibbow?

2. What does Avram Harwood's staff deal with in running the operations center for Capone's Organization?

3. Why are Louise and her sister creeping around the Cricklade manor like mice while they wait for their father to return?

4. Describe how Al Capone is supposed to call for a cab in his new city.

5. Why can Al Capone not datavise anyone?

6. What is Kesteven?

7. As the story opens, what two things is Louise Kavanaugh waiting for?

8. What does the girls' rescuer say that he can hear inside the body he is possessing?

9. When the space plane's pilot learns that some of the space plane's passengers will have to remain aboard the space plane, what does the pilot request from Sarha Mitcham?

10. Why does the person who emerges from the wormhole insist on one more small swallow maneuver?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Al Capone, Quinn Dexter, Ralph Hiltch, and Fletcher Christian.

Essay Topic 2

In many ways, the novel is a series of contrasts designed to heighten the reader's awareness and draw the reader deeper into the story and the intricacies of each of the story's characters. Identify at least three contrasts that are used in the novel. Describe these contrasts and determine how they impact the story's plot, as well as the reader's emotional involvement in the characters' lives. If these identified contrasts were not included in the story, what impact would their absence have on the storyline, the characters' development, and the readers' involvement?

Essay Topic 3

The story takes place primarily in several different locations. Compare and contrast each of the following locations in the story - on New California, on Tranquility, and on Eden. Be sure to include how the characters are treated in each of these locations, as well as how they live and interact with each other. Of the three above locations in the story, which location would you most prefer to live in and why?

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