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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. In which of the following buildings of the Tiko does Supercargo live?

2. To which of the following does Nigel compare the fabric in the trees at Shanksted?

3. With which of the following is Penny tattooed?

4. On which of the following is Octavia’s mansion?

5. Which of the following is the city whence Crooked Crown comes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does the narrator note in the Shanksted map?

2. How does the narrator note that Penny and his mother regarded each other initially?

3. What is the basic plan the narrator and Jo Jo have to get material for Octavia’s campaign?

4. What conditions does Penny attempt to impose on the narrator for traveling to the company retreat with him?

5. What fantasy does Octavia note to the narrator?

6. To what does the narrator ascribe Supercargo’s trouble with authorities?

7. What reason does the narrator give for misliking going to court, despite his skill therein?

8. How is Tyrod described when the narrator encounters him in Supercargo’s apartment?

9. What accoutrements does the narrator note accompany his Roman centurion costume?

10. How does the narrator describe Pavor when he first appears in the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the narrator ultimately a sympathetic character? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Early on, the narrator notes the contents of Octavia’s library, which include Eyes without a Face, The Hip Hop Ontologist’s View of Leda and the Swan, and Blackstone’s Law; Octavia notes that the books are “real, but mainly for effect” (8). What effect are they likely to have, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the functions of similes and metaphors in We Cast a Shadow.

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