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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. When was Bartholome Chassenee born?

2. How many people do the Arabs plan to kill every hour until their demands are met?

3. Where does Katherine leave from in the boat?

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

5. What animal does Franklin wonder if the Minoans were familiar with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Franklin Hughes look like?

3. How did the narrator and his species get off the ark?

4. How was the hold of the Ark mucked out?

5. Why did the jurist for the insects say that the court did not have the jurisdiction to try the defendants?

6. What does Franklin do after the Arabs will not allow a middle-aged woman to use the bathroom?

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

8. Where does Kathleen believe she is and what does she believe she doing at the end of the story?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 9, Tiggler believes that God speaks to him on the moon. Discuss Tiggler's relationship with God and how it changes.

Essay Topic 2

In "The Wars of Religion," a court case is presented to a judge where church parishioners file a complaint against woodworms. Discuss the complaint and the evidence against the woodworms. Was there enough evidence to convict the woodworms?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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