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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 old is Seymour when Bunny learns her great-uncle died and left her his manufactured double-wide in Lakeport?

2. How old is Konstance in Mission Year 55?

3. How much older is Konstance's father than the other children's fathers on the Argos?

4. How old was Konstance's father when he applied to leave Earth?

5. Where is Aethon from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Konstance spend her tenth birthday?

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

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

7. Why is Seymour worried about Trustyfriend in 2014, and why does Bunnie think the owl will be okay?

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

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

10. When and why do Zeno and his father move to Lakeport, and what is their home like?

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

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?

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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