Questions
1. What is odd about the new tenant in Isidore’s building?
2. Why does Isidore find it odd that she doesn’t have an empathy box?
3. Why does Isidore warn Pris Stratton about borrowing items from other people’s apartment?
4. What is “kipple”?
5. How does Isidore’s struggle against kipple compare/contrast to Mercer’s struggle against devastation?
Answers
1. The woman doesn’t claim to know about Buster Friendly (the most popular television personality on Earth), she has...
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