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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. Which guy does Evans find?

2. What does George worry about?

3. What was the thing Evans was given?

4. How many slots for media coverage does Drake want?

5. What four languages did Sarah feel pretty confident about speaking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ted believe that all people should live in villages?

2. How did Morton fake his own death?

3. Why did Morton go to all this trouble to fake his own death?

4. In what ways was Peter trying to identify George Morton's body? Why couldn't he?

5. Why was Ted Bradley turned on by Jennifer Haynes?

6. What happened in the fall of 1989?

7. What signs showed the park ranger that there was a danger of a flash flood?

8. What two things did Henry do that were wrong?

9. How are present day scientists like Renaissance painters?

10. Why wasn't Professor Hoffman welcome at the conference?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did you, as the reader, feel about this book? Which character did you identify most with? Why? Which character did you like the most/least? Why? Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Evans and Ted. What kinds of personalities are both people? How do they differ in their approach to the environment? How are they the same? How do you feel about each character? Who would you rather have as your friend and why?

Essay Topic 3

Take a stand on global warming. What do you believe? How could global warming be a threat to the planet? How could it bring a net benefit? Do you think it is all apart of a fear generated to keep humanity docile? Why or why not? Is there anything wrong with that statement? Why or why not?

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