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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. Where does Connie buy a ticket to go, in order to leave the city?

2. When Luciente's responses are sluggish and preoccupied, who takes Connie into the future?

3. Who does Connie consult with for help in planning an escape?

4. In what city does Connie find Gildina?

5. Who urges Connie to continue to struggle for freedom because he and the others have "to be the future that happens."

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Connie try to convince herself of at the end of Chapter 13?

2. Why does Bee urge Connie to continue fighting?

3. What message does Connie leave on Dawn's answering machine after she borrows money from Skip to make the phone call?

4. What is the way Luciente decides to help Connie escape?

5. How does Luciente's government work?

6. What does Connie have to cope with as she becomes a model patient?

7. What is Luciente and Bolivar's punishment?

8. How does Connie smuggle the poison into the hospital?

9. What happens to Connie at the bus station?

10. What is the goal of Dr. Redding's experiments?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of parents and children explained in the story? Give specific examples of how the future and present are the same, and different, in their presentations of this theme.

Essay Topic 2

How do Connie's underlying feelings of resentment and anger contribute to her problems? What is her resolution to the situation? Provide evidence from the book in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 15 seems a little out of place in the story. What is the warning that chapter is presenting? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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