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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 reported as Viktor's cause of death?

2. What does Tatiana form under her authority?

3. What does Viktor want to do to the liberated women?

4. What kind of media platform does Tunde now have?

5. Whose remains are in the 2,000-year-old mass grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Jocelyn and Maddy stationed?

2. What is the significance of the name Tatiana gives her new country?

3. What does the Bitten Fruit motif seem to reference?

4. Why does Tatiana knowingly share secret information with Tunde?

5. How does Roxy behave toward the men who work for her?

6. Why does the author choose to show the reader that Margot struggles to maintain her composure?

7. What is the Serving Boy sex worker statue supposed to inform?

8. What does Newland tell Roxy about her father?

9. How can women be their strongest in the novel?

10. How is the cataclysm explained to the reader?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roxy has trouble fending off the men who attack her and her mom. What phrase does she hear in her mind when she feels her first power surge? What does it mean? Is it meant to be literal or metaphorical?

Essay Topic 2

When Tatiana first takes over as President, what do her intentions seem to be? How does her position change as she gains allies? What other influences determine her actions?

Essay Topic 3

Protection and revenge are motivators for many of the women who use their power to harm. Which characters go too far in seeking vengeance? What is it that tips their plight from justice to destruction?

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