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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 restaurant name is on the baseball cap that Katherine wears on the boat?

2. How many visitors with guns interrupted Franklin's speech on Knossos?

3. What sea does Katherine sail her boat into?

4. What is the name of Katherine's cat?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who really brought back an olive leaf?

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

3. Why does Katherine give up eating meat after Chernobyl?

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

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

6. How did the narrator describe Noah?

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

8. What happened when the Bishop came to Saint-Michel for his annual pilgrimage?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Mountain," the Colonel is listening to the ticking sound of a beetle. The Colonel and his daughter have different interpretations for the sounds that the beetle is making. Compare and contrast how the Colonel and his daughter interpret the sounds the beetle makes.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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