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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 was the Greek prose tale, Cloud Cuckoo Land, likely written?

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

3. What grade are the kids in that Zeno escorts to the library on February 20, 2020?

4. How far is the village where Omeir is born from Constantinople?

5. How much does Himerius tell Anna that a Hungarian foundry man wanted last summer to make a war engine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Anna?

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

9. How does Anna learn to read?

10. What does Konstance's father do to save her and why?

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

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does Doerr use cliffhangers in the novel? How do these cliffhangers create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

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

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