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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 wides is the estuary of the Golden Horn?

2. How tall is Hillary?

3. On page 313, how many embroideresses are left after the seige begins on Constantinople?

4. When Konstance touches an owl in Nannup, how many gallon water tank does a tractor trailer have that appears?

5. How many kids come to Seymour's first meeting of the Enviro-Awareness Club?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Zeno and the children do when Seymour goes upstairs?

2. How does Konstance get out of Vault One?

3. What four-mile trip do Omeir and his oxen have to make as the days of the siege turn to weeks?

4. Where does Omeir put Anna's things before he takes her home?

5. How does Anna leave Constantinople?

6. How does Seymour get internet for the computer Bunny buys him?

7. Why does Omeir decide to have Anna travel with him?

8. How do Omeir's oxen die?

9. In August of 2019, why are so many children in the Lakeport Library?

10. As the seige of Constantinople continues, what does Anna do in the evenings after she settles Maria in their cell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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