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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 Calvin say about adults and kything?

2. What does Blajeny tell Meg and the others about Charles?

3. What does Meg feel when she reaches out to Mr. Jenkins?

4. What does Meg see when she looks at Charles?

5. What does Meg say Mr. Jenkins is too slow at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Jenkins think is happening to him and what does Blajeny say is the truth?

2. What does Meg do when the Echthroi takes over Mr. Jenkins?

3. What are the little farandolae doing in the and what is the result?

4. How do Calvin, Meg and Jenkins get the little farandolae to deepen?

5. What does Meg hear the Echthros-Jenkins say to the dancing farandolae?

6. What does Calvin tell Meg about kything with adults?

7. Where does Meg end up when she leaves the mitochondria and what is there?

8. What does Jenkins come to understand about Charles?

9. What does Meg tell Jenkins about when she first kythes with him and how does he feel about it?

10. What does Progo tell Meg about why she was in pain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Meg begs Sporos to Deepen, saying that it is their only chance of survival. Sporos turns to Senex, the adult fara that is Sporos' parent, and he decides to Deepen. For Sporos to deepen means to mature. The author is saying we can't stay children forever.

1. What are the pros and cons to staying a child forever?

2. How would you say you and your parent or guardian is different because of age?

3. What do you see yourself doing at the age of 30? Do you look forward to being that age?

Essay Topic 2

Calvin wonders if Charles would be better off at a school in the city where the students are used to greater diversity.

1. Do you think Charles would be better off in a larger school? Why or why not?

2. What do you think Calvin means by greater diversity?

3. If you attend a large school explain what you like or dislike about it. If you came from a smaller school explain the same.

Essay Topic 3

A very tall stranger wearing dark robes strides out of the woods and into the pasture. He tells the children he is a teacher. He said his classroom was everywhere.

1. What kind of teacher do you think Blajeny is? What subjects might he teach? How might he teach them?

2. If a teacher said his classroom was everywhere, what do you think he would mean by that?

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