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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 the village where Omeir is born from Constantinople?

2. How many days after Zeno arrives in Korea he is captured?

3. How old is Konstance in Mission Year 55?

4. How many grenades does Seymour find in the toolshed?

5. How many questions does Mrs. Flowers have Konstance ask on her first time in the library?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Anna?

7. Why does Omeir worry about his Grandfather, mother, and sister surving the winter while he goes to Edirne?

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

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

10. How does Konstance spend her tenth birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Omeir is conscripted into the sultan’s army. How does Omeir feel about leaving home? Why is he homesick and how do his feelings affect him?

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