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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 the message in the text Cressida sends Aidan after their meeting?

2. What does Carter say is the goal of the group in which he's involved?

3. How long does Aidan tell his mother it will be before he arrives at her house?

4. What is Touche cooking when Aidan gets up the following morning?

5. How does Paige's father know it was Paige who called about two weeks earlier from a Vermont phone number?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Derrick Franklin create his blogging business and what does it mean for Aidan?

2. Describe Paige's reaction when Keith tells her he plans to blow up a coal mine?

3. How does Lindsay get the message across to Paige that she's in love with Keith and that Paige is to keep her distance?

4. What does Aidan say in the message he leaves his mother when he's on the ferry headed to Connecticut?

5. Why is Aidan so worried when he receives an invitation from Carl to join the neighbors for a Christmas event?

6. Who is Kimbell LeRoux?

7. What is the basic information Aidan gets from the article he reads about Indigo Holdings on his way to his mother's house?

8. Briefly describe what Aidan reveals about his parents?

9. Describe where Aidan is and what his life is like as the story opens.

10. Why does Keith say bombing TCI's CEO is not worth their effort?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Paige's background, focusing on how and why she became involved with the movement.

Essay Topic 2

What is the most important theme of this book? Why is it important? List at least three examples of the theme in the story.

Essay Topic 3

What is an "Action" as referred to by the members of the activist group? Describe the action against Indigo Holdings. Compare that with the proposal by Keith for an Action against the power plant and the N3 Action. Which of the three is most in keeping with the group's mission? Why? Why do the others come up at all? Is the N3 Action successful on any level?

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