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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 Zeno is translating, how many lines can he translate on an average day?
2. When it is Konstance's 14th birthday, how many days has she been in the vault?
3. How many carpenters does Omeir see constructing scaling ladders for the walls of Constantinople?
4. How wides is the estuary of the Golden Horn?
5. When Konstance looks for information on Zeno Ninis, for how many years of service is a commendation that she finds for Zeno from the Valley County Highway Department?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Anna smell the next morning when she pushes her way through a forest?
2. How does Konstance get out of Vault One?
3. Where does Anna find herself after the skiff overturns?
4. What does Hillary look like when he picks up Zeno from the airport in London?
5. In August of 2019, why are so many children in the Lakeport Library?
6. How does Seymour get internet for the computer Bunny buys him?
7. Why can Konstance not access the library on Day 21 inside Vault One?
8. What does Zeno learn by working with the children on a play about Aethon?
9. How do Omeir's oxen die?
10. What four-mile trip do Omeir and his oxen have to make as the days of the siege turn to weeks?
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
In Cloud Cuckoo Land, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
Essay Topic 3
Doerr uses a non-linear narrative structure in Cloud Cuckoo Land. How does the story move back and forth in time and between characters? How does this build tension and mystery in the narrative?
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