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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. How did the biologist spend her last few nights in Rock Bay?
2. What is the final question the biologist asks the psychologist before she dies?
3. What name does the biologist give to the thing writing words on the walls of the tower?
4. What is unique about the photograph the biologist finds in the lighthouse?
5. What is the worst thing the biologist finds on the lighthouse stairs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the biologist discover about the black boxes?
2. What are the psychologist's first words to the biologist at the bottom of the lighthouse and what do we later learn they mean?
3. What does the biologist suspect about those personality traits of hers that the psychologist might have been professionally inclined to disapprove of?
4. How does the psychologist respond when the biologist asks for more information about the border crossing?
5. What is strange about the vegetation in the abandoned village in 03:Immolation?
6. How does the biologist's description of her parents differ from the psychologist's description of them?
7. What does the biologist describe as her best field assignment?
8. What does the biologist reveal about the first expedition?
9. What does the biologist learn as she reads the surveyor's journal?
10. Where does the biologist plan to go at the start of 03: Immolation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the symbol of the lighthouse in the novel. What is its significance and deeper meaning?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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