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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 the biologist find on the landing half-way up the lighthouse?

2. What are the some of the plant life shaped like in the abandoned village?

3. How did the biologist spend her last few nights in Rock Bay?

4. What time does the biologist reach the lighthouse in 03: Immolation?

5. How does the biologist describe her dad when talking to the psychologist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the biologist discover below the trap door in the lighthouse?

2. How do the words on the walls of the lighthouse differ from the words on the walls of the tower?

3. What does the biologist discover about the black boxes?

4. How does the psychologist respond when the biologist asks for more information about the border crossing?

5. What does the biologist learn as she reads the surveyor's journal?

6. What does the biologist describe as her best field assignment?

7. What are the psychologist's first words to the biologist at the bottom of the lighthouse and what do we later learn they mean?

8. Where does the biologist plan to go at the start of 03: Immolation?

9. What does the biologist see when she looks to the ground below the lighthouse?

10. What is strange about the vegetation in the abandoned village in 03:Immolation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the role of the biologist's husband in the text. Why would Vandermeer include him in the text? What does he reveal about the character(s) and how does he move the plot forward?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the relationship between the psychologist and the biologist. Pay special attention to the final scene where the biologist finds the psychologist on the beach. Consider what the psychologist's motivation is compared to the biologist's.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator of this text is the Biologist. Write an essay analyzing the pros and cons of Vandermeer's choice to write the text from the first person point of view. Be sure to address the reliability of the narrator.

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