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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 is the final question the biologist asks the psychologist before she dies?

2. One journal focuses solely on a type of plant in area X. What is that plant?

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

4. What does the biologist see when she looks down from the top of the lighthouse balcony?

5. How does the psychologist describe the biologist's dad?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the biologist reveal about the first expedition?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Analyze the symbol of the Crawler. What does it represent to the biologist as well as its meaning within the text?

Essay Topic 2

This novel is an example of Science Fiction. Can Science Fiction be "good literature"? Write an essay answering the questions: What qualifies something as "good literature" and does this novel fall into that category?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the symbol of the lighthouse in the novel. What is its significance and deeper meaning?

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