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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 weeks did Rex Browning spend inside a solitary box at the prison where Zeno is interred?

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

3. How many needleworkers watch as Master Kalaphates takes all the gold and silver wire, pearls, and spools of silk and leaves Constantinople?

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

5. In 2014, when does Seymour find the severed wing of a great grey owl when he walks home from the library?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Aethon after he rubs himself with the witch's ointment?

5. How careless does Omeir observe that some men are with their oxen?

6. How does Konstance spend her tenth birthday?

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

8. How does Aethon end up with bandits?

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

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

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

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the worlds he has created?

Essay Topic 3

Aethon is on a personal quest and journey in Cloud Cuckoo Land. What is Aethon’s quest and where is he traveling? How do his quest and journey parallel those of Konstance, Zeno, Seymour, Anna, and Omeir?

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