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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 color hair does Franklin have?

2. How old was Ham's wife at the time of the deluge?

3. What does Katherine call the cat that she finds on the roof of a car?

4. How much radiation did the government decide could be in meat and yet still be safe to eat?

5. How many of the less fastidious birds went in to the hatch to muck it out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Franklin Hughes look like?

2. How did Tricia meet Franklin and what is their relationship?

3. Who was Bartholome Chassenee?

4. What happened when the animals learned why they had been asked to report to Noah for a competition?

5. Why did the habitans jurist say that the woodworm was not on the Ark?

6. Why does Katherine believe it is it more difficult for castaways to be rescued than it used to be?

7. What did most animals do when they heard Noah's offer of half-board?

8. Why did the jurist for the insects believe that the church people were responsible for their troubles?

9. Who really brought back an olive leaf?

10. What problems did Eric Dooley cause Katherine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story about the Ark told in Chapter 1 is quite different from traditional stories told about the Ark. Compare and contrast the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark and the story told in Chapter 1.

Essay Topic 2

In "The Mountain," as Amanda and Miss Logan climb down the mountain, Amanda slips and falls. Using examples from the book, take a position and argue whether Amanda falls deliberately.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Wars of Religion," the habitans demand that the insects be excommunicated for their alleged crimes. Using examples from the book, discuss excommunication and whether it was or was not an appropriate punishment for the insects.

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