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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 alerts the boys to the presence of people?

2. What does Jamie realize Henri's "monsters" were likely?

3. Where is Chris from?

4. How does Cara say she got so good at map-reading?

5. Who is the "Lady Marine"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Jamie and Andrew want to sleep in the same room at Fort Caroline?

2. When does Andrew finally decide to trust Jamie enough to tell the truth about his own past?

3. What does Jamie do to Cara when she first appears?

4. Why does Jamie shoot Walt and Harvey?

5. In Part IV, what does Jamie start to realize about his feelings for Andrew?

6. How does Henri treat Jamie and Andrew?

7. What item of significant value does Henri give to Andrew and Jamie?

8. Where does Andrew finally get Jamie alone to talk to him for a few minutes in Part IV?

9. What almost kills Jamie in Part III?

10. What does Andrew want to tell the Fosters' children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Brown treat the topic of trust in the context of a post-apocalyptic world in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does meeting and talking with Henri teach both Andrew and Jamie? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Jamie's and Andrew's relationship evolve over the course of the novel, and what are some major plot points contributing to its changes? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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