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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 Howie take from Jamie and Andrew?

2. What are the names of the people Andrew hears talking in the store?

3. What does Andrew wonder aloud to about Jamie involving space?

4. Where is Andrew originally from?

5. What happens when Jamie tries to kill a deer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Jamie live with before the pandemic?

2. Why does Jamie go to the hardware store?

3. How does Jamie feel about having Andrew in the house after one week?

4. What does Jamie organize for later in the season in Part II?

5. What terrifying thing do Jamie and Andrew come across on their way south?

6. What does Andrew turn over and over in his mind in Part I?

7. What is one of Jamie's favorite movies?

8. Why did Jamie and his mother come to the cabin in the first place?

9. What does Howard tell Jamie and Andrew when he shows up at the cabin?

10. What happens when Jamie tries to shoot a deer in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Brown imply that Andrew is more wary of people, at least at first, than Jamie is? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What were the circumstances under which Andrew killed the Fosters? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Brown use the meeting with Howard and Raven to change the course of the novel's plot? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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