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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 Ty's dark gift?

2. What happens in the house when Gemma is running away just before something appears above the house?

3. What action does Shade use to show Gemma he loves her?

4. How does Ty communicate with some fish?

5. What does Gemma ask of Ty before she runs away again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gemma ask of Ty as Jibby takes her away?

2. Why does Shade get upset with Ty?

3. How does Gemma almost die at the end of the book?

4. What does Ty's mother say while talking to Mrs. Spinner?

5. What caused Doc to be sent subsea?

6. What does Ty say the settlers should do when the government refuses to continue helping them?

7. What do Raj and Lars want to do about the outlaws?

8. How does Ty save all the settlers when the wall cracks open?

9. What does Ty see on the walls of some of the bunks in the prison?

10. What does Jibby do at the Peavey's house that makes Ty jealous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

How did this book show parallels to western society, and how did this affect the tone of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Responsibility and coming of age were two themes that were interwoven in many places of this plot. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to move the plot along?

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