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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 Wayvone's plan for DL?

2. Where does DL meet Frenesi?

3. What does Vond offer Zoyd in return for his freedom?

4. How does Sasha show up before Zoyd calls her?

5. What is PREP?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Brock's political philosophy?

2. What and where is Holytail?

3. What does Ralph Wayvone ask DL to help him do in the early 1970's?

4. What happens to Frenesi during and right after her pregnancy with Prairie?

5. What happens to DL after she refuses to help Wayvone kill Brock Vond?

6. Where is the College of the Surf located?

7. By the year 1984, what and where is Weed Atman?

8. What does Brock believe that observing his prisoners and taking note of their brow lines, jaw, skull and face will tell him?

9. What does Prairie find in the Sisterhood's computer database?

10. What does DL do when she becomes convinced that Frenesi was kidnapped and was being held against her will?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Isaiah Two Four? What group is he a part of? What does he want from Zoyd, and why is Zoyd so sure that he is unable to provide it for him? What does Zoyd suggest that Isaiah do instead? Does Isaiah take him up on it? What is the outcome?

Essay Topic 2

When Zoyd learns what is happening at home, what is his first concern? What does he convince Prairie to do until he can get to her? What is Hector telling Prairie in the meantime? By the time Zoyd arrives, what does Prairie announce that she wants to do? What does Zoyd convince her to do instead?

Essay Topic 3

What is the government organization that cures people who are addicted to television? What does the acronym NEVER stand for? What effect does the 'cure' have on Hector? What evidence reveals the extent of his cure? What forces are at work in this project? How does NEVER compare to other projects that are described in the novel?

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