How does Ware establish early on that Lyla and Nico have differing priorities and values? Examine the couple’s early interactions and identify at least three separate examples of foreshadowing.

How does Lyla misjudge her fellow contestants? Choose at least two different people whom she grossly underestimates. What indications of their later behavior are concealed within Lyla’s first impressions?

How do Lyla’s attitudes toward surveillance and scrutiny change throughout the text, and how do her morals shift as she pursues Survival Under Extreme Conditions?