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

2. How old is Kathleen?

3. Where was an aircraft carrying members of the Arabs' group forced down two years ago?

4. How old was Katherine when she would stubbornly insist that reindeer could fly?

5. What is the name of the group holding the passengers captive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Bartholome Chassenee?

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

4. Who really brought back an olive leaf?

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

6. When Katherine has nightmares, where does she see herself?

7. How did the narrator describe Noah?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship Katherine has with Greg and how it affects her mental state.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Barnes makes reference to the woodworm. Discuss how the woodworm is portrayed in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 8 is told through letters Charlie writes to his girlfriend. The objective of this lesson is to discuss Charlie's relationship with Pippa.

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