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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. According to the book of Exodus, to what generation are the sins of the father visited upon their children?

2. How old was Katherine when she learned the date that Columbus sailed to America?

3. How old is Kathleen?

4. What nationality are the crew of the Santa Euphemia?

5. How far from Darwin was Kathleen found?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Franklin's passport.

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

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

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

6. What does the leader of the Arabs want Franklin to do at three o'clock?

7. How did the narrator and his species get on board?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Franklin becomes the leader of the passengers when terrorists take over the cruise ship. Discuss why and how Franklin becomes the passengers' leader when terrorists take over the cruise ship.

Essay Topic 2

In "The Survivor," someone is using fabulation. Using examples from the book, take a position and argue whether Katherine is using fabulation or the doctor is using fabulation.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Survivor" Katherine is caught between two realities. Using examples from the book, argue whether reality is the scenario where Katherine is traveling on a boat, finds an island, and Linda has kittens or that Katherine's reality is the world that she calls her "nightmares."

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