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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 many days into the journey to Constantinople do the iron bands holding the cannon to the cart give way?

2. When does Rex tell Zeno he wants to try to escape petrol drums?

3. How old is Seymour in 2014?

4. On February 20, 2020, where does Saymour's first shot go?

5. How many times does a bell toll as Himerius give Anna a sack the first time they row to the priory on the rock and he instructs Anna to climb the wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zeno save his feet after he is captured by the Chinese?

2. How does Anna learn to read?

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

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

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

6. Where is Omeir born, and what is different about him?

7. In third grade, what good and bad things happen to Seymour?

8. On February 20, 2020, what does Seymour have in his backpack?

9. Why does Zeno escort five fifth-graders to the library on February 20, 2020?

10. What is the Argos and what is its mission?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zeno is a prisoner of war in Korea. What friendships does Zeno make in the prison camp? How do those friendships help him survive?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Omeir feared? What role does superstition play in how Omeir’s deformity is viewed?

Essay Topic 3

Doerr uses a non-linear narrative structure in Cloud Cuckoo Land. How does the story move back and forth in time and between characters? How does this build tension and mystery in the narrative?

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