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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 do Tom and Jules plan to collect items?

2. Where does the volunteer drink the glass of questionable well water?

3. Who sits in the front of the rowboat?

4. What does Malorie do to pass the time while Tom and Jules are gone?

5. What happens to Malorie's rowboat at the beginning of Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the first place in the United States where an incident is reported?

2. How did George die?

3. Who joins Tom on his excursion out of the house?

4. Where is the safe house, which Malorie discovers in a newspaper located?

5. Why does Tom propose venturing out of the house in Chapter 17?

6. What causes Malorie physical pain as she rows?

7. How do the housemates determine that the water is safe?

8. Why are the housemates afraid to drink the water fetched by Felix?

9. Who are the characters living in the safe house when Malorie arrives?

10. What does Malorie do in the cellar to distract herself from Tom's absence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and suggest the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Dangerous circumstances can strain our interpersonal relationships and reveal tensions among friends and family. Write an essay exploring the relationship between any two characters, and how that relationship changes or is tested by circumstances in the novel's plot.

Essay Topic 3

Imagery and descriptions of the senses abound in Bird Box. Analyze how Malerman uses these senses to shape the text's tone and themes. Provide examples from the text and analyze the impact that these descriptions have on the book's message and emotional content.

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