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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 type of wood was used to make Noah's sandals?

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

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

4. When was Bartholome Chassenee born?

5. How many members of the American Special Forces manage to free the cruise ship passengers.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Franklin Hughes look like?

6. Why did the Bishop's throne collapse?

7. When Kathleen is talking to a man in her nightmare, what does she say about herself?

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

9. What problems did Eric Dooley cause Katherine?

10. How did the narrator describe Noah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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."

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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