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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 see in the canal in 03: Immolation?

2. What reason does the psychologist give when the biologist asks her why she did not shoot?

3. How long ago does the biologist say the Event occurred that led to the genesis of Area X?

4. How did the biologist perceive the psychologist's professional reaction to her recalcitrant answers during their training sessions?

5. What is the biologist studying in Rock Bay?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the biologist discover about the psychologist's body when she descends to the bottom of the lighthouse?

2. What happens when the biologist returns to base camp after the psychologist dies?

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

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

5. How does the "brightness" impact the biologist after she is shot?

6. How does the biologist's description of her parents differ from the psychologist's description of them?

7. What does the biologist discover as she searches the psychologist's body in 04: Immersion?

8. What does the biologist discover in the lower levels of the lighthouse?

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

10. What does the biologist learn about the moaning noise on her way back to basecamp in 04: Immersion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the prominent themes of the novel is "what makes us human." Analyze how this text grapples with that idea. Use the text for evidence and analyze, according to the text, what makes us human.

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 Biologist is infected by something in Area X. She changes throughout the text due to this infection and begins to refer to her infection as "brightness." Does this infection make her more or less human? In other words, does Area X have a positive or negative effect on her?

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