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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. When is Trustyfriend's tree cut down in 2014?

2. In 2014, when does Seymour find the severed wing of a great grey owl when he walks home from the library?

3. When Diogenes found a wooden chest inside a tomb, how many cypress-wood tables did he find upon which were written Aethon's story?

4. Near what river is Zeno's prison camp in Korea?

5. How old is Zeno when is father is hired to install a new sash saw at the Ansley Tie and Lumber Company?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Konstance spend her tenth birthday?

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

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

4. Who is Anna?

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

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

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

8. When and how is Zeno captured by the Chinese?

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

10. What does Diogenes claim about a manuscript he shares with his niece?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Seymour decides to set off a bomb. Why does Seymour decide to set off a bomb? Are his efforts heroic or selfish?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Time seems to pass slowly on February 20, 2020, at the Lakeport Library. How does Doerr use language and short chapters to create a temporal distortion on that afternoon?

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