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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. How did Calvin treat his second bean seed?

2. What does Calvin tell Meg happened to Progo?

3. Where does Meg find herself after she fills the void?

4. Why does Meg feel horrible pain while traveling to the mitochondria?

5. What does Blajeny say when Calvin asks about fitting inside a mitochondria?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Calvin tell Jenkins about the biologist and Calvin's bean plants?

2. What does the inside of the mitochondria look and feel like?

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

4. How does Meg finally deal with Mr. Jenkins?

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

6. What does Sporos do when the Echthroi takes over Mr. Jenkins?

7. What does Meg do after Progo Xes himself?

8. What is deepening, how does it feel and why do some avoid it?

9. What did Progo say about Sporos and the Echthroi?

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

Each of the three Jenkinses behaves differently, but their behavior does not necessarily reveal their true nature. If Meg were to focus only on their behavior, she would not be able to Name the true Jenkins. Instead, Meg must go within and find the core center of Mr. Jenkins, that which makes him who he is.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Why do you think that behavior is not necessarily a true indication of who a person really is? Use an example to support your opinion.

3. Do you think each person has a core center that makes that person who he/she is? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

This chapter is a metaphor for the principle of turning the other cheek, or continuing to love even after one has been hurt.

1. How does turning the other cheek relate to Meg's fear and behavior after she was caught by one of the Echthros-Jenkins in Yadah?

2. Describe an incident in your life or someone you know when turning the other cheek helped a situation or not turning the cheek worsened one.

3. Describe a situation, imaginary if you like, in which you would be unwilling to turn the other cheek.

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