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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 does Progo say will happen to Meg if they fail?

2. What does Mr. Jenkins Two say he will do if Meg will name him?

3. What does Probo say people who know their true selves do not need?

4. What does Progo tell Meg namers need to know?

5. What do Meg and Charles wonder about when they return to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assignments has Blajeny given the children?

2. What is Calvin's assignment?

3. What does Progo tell Meg when she asks him about her hate for Mr. Jenkins?

4. In the school yard with the three Jenkinses and Meg, how does Charles look at them and what does Louise do?

5. What does Meg say as she names the correct Mr. Jenkins?

6. What has Blajeny told the children that has Charles happy?

7. What does Blajeny want with the children and why?

8. What does Charles say to Meg about mitochondria and farandolae?

9. What does Meg notice about Charles' physical condition and what does he tell her?

10. What do the three Jenkinses say to Meg's inquiry about Charles and Louise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Meg is having trouble coping with the realization that their safe little village is actually as unpredictable and precarious as anywhere else. The uncertainty of life alarms her.

1. Why do you think Meg is alarmed at the uncertainty of life? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Have you ever felt that life was scary because it was uncertain? Why or why not?

3. What are some of the things you think are absolutely certain about life and what are some that you think are completely uncertain?

Essay Topic 2

Metron Ariston is in reality a Greek phrase that can be translated as the Golden Mean, or "All things in moderation." The author has appropriately named this place where humans, stars and farandolae can all be the same size.

1. Why do you think all things in moderation is important?

2. What situations in your life do you think could use moderation? Describe one such situation without moderation and what it might look like with moderation.

3. Do you think life is better if lived with moderation? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Metron Arison symbolically portrays the author's message that what happens in the microcosm affects the macrocosm.

1. What do you think this means, the microcosm affects the macrocosm?

2. Describe a situation in your life that would demonstrate this principle.

3. Describe a situation in the world that would demonstrate this principle.

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