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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 far is it from the testing ground in Edirne to Constantinople?

2. How old is Zeno in "One"?

3. After Omeir's family are driven from their home with hayforks and torches, how many miles do they travel before nightfall the next day?

4. How long after leaving home do Omeir and his oxen reach Edirne?

5. Where does Konstance find her father when she is 7 3/4 and cannot sleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Aethon end up with bandits?

6. How does Konstance spend her tenth birthday?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Widow Theodora, Anna, and Omeir make decisions when they realize Constantinople is about to fall. What decisions does each character make? Based on their decisions, are these characters cowards or realists?

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

Aethon’s story is fragmented. In what way is Aethon’s story literally and figuratively fragmented through Cloud Cuckoo Land? How does the story serve as a unifying element in the book?

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