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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 type of car is Seymour driving on February 20, 2020?

2. How many weeks did Rex Browning spend inside a solitary box at the prison where Zeno is interred?

3. In "Konstance," how long has it been since Konstance has left the room where she is?

4. Where is Aethon from?

5. What are the scuppers at the priory shaped like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aethon see and do in "Two"?

2. In Folio H, why do the bandits decide not to throw Aethon the donkey off a cliff?

3. When do Omeir and the others reach Constantinople, and how does Omeir describe the city?

4. How careless does Omeir observe that some men are with their oxen?

5. Why does Anna start going to an abandoned priory with Himerius?

6. How does Anna learn to read?

7. What problems is Maria having after she hits her head on the stone floor?

8. What does Konstance's father do to save her and why?

9. Where does Konstance go when she is seven and three-quarters when she cannot sleep, and what do she and her father do there?

10. What does the inkeeper's maid where Aethon stays in Thessaly tell him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Suspense is a device authors use to create excitement, anxiety, or uncertainly about what will happen in a story. What would be some suspenseful scenes in the novel? How does Doerr create suspense in those sections of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does the author use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help make Doerr’s writing more interesting?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of Cloud Cuckoo Land what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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