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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. How old is Konstance when Mrs. Chen takes her, Ramon, and Jessi Ko to see Sybill in person for the first time?

3. What type of cape does Omeir wear on the road to Edirne?

4. What does Anna steal to try to get silver to take her to the shrine of the Virgin of the Source?

5. How old is Konstance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Anna learn to read?

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

6. How does Aethon end up with bandits?

7. What are the plans of the master of the Italians from Urbino?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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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