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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 Konstance wakes in Vault One, how long has she slept?

2. When Aethon the fish is inside a larger fish, how many sailors are on the ships that sink as his sea monster and another fight?

3. What days of the week do the five fifth graders comes to the library and work with Zeno?

4. In 1955, what is Mrs. Boydstun diagnosed with?

5. What type of car does Janet drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anna leave Constantinople?

2. How do Omeir's oxen die?

3. What happens when Konstance is in the Atlas and touches a return book drop outside the Lakeport Public Library?

4. What does Zeno do when Mrs. Boydstun dies?

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

6. During the siege of Constantinople, what happens to Himerius?

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

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

9. What does Konstance see in the library after she awakes in Vault One?

10. What does Zeno learn by working with the children on a play about Aethon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Time seems to pass slowly on February 20, 2020, at the Lakeport Library. How does Doerr use language and short chapters to create a temporal distortion on that afternoon?

Essay Topic 2

Seymour decides to set off a bomb. Why does Seymour decide to set off a bomb? Are his efforts heroic or selfish?

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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