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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. What does Badri say when he rushes up to Dunworthy and Mary?

2. Whose mother arrives?

3. Who does Dunworthy visit?

4. Where has Dunworthy seen the victim who has just arrived at the hospital?

5. What does Kivrin endure in order to have a cover story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kivrin going to be able to go to the drop place, but what happens that she does not get there?

2. Describe some of the preparations Kivrin makes for the trip back in time.

3. What does Kivrin do to ensure she can find her pick up spot again and what is her first entry in her Doomsday Book?

4. What is Kivrin trying to do in chapter 6 but having a hard time with?

5. What does Kivrin think in the confusion generated by her high fever?

6. Why is Dunworthy out trying to find an open store?

7. What does Kivrin's interpreter do and does she expect to need it?

8. What is Ms. Montoya doing as Kivrin is preparing for her trip, and how is this related to Kivrin?

9. What does Badri keep saying and where does Dunworthy take him?

10. What does Kivrin write in her Doomsday Book in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dunworthy's mind is constantly on Kivrin, and he continues to reassure himself that she's capable of handling whatever situation arises. He recalls his own test trip through the net to a period just thirty years in the past from that time. There'd been a young man there who pulled offered directions to reach the destination, which he'd got to with time to spare. Dunworthy tells himself that there are young men with a map and a piece of advice in every time period. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think based upon Dunworthy's own first time travel experience which is only 30 years in the past, that Dunworthy is logical in thinking that there will be someone in 1348 to help Kivrin get to where she needs to be?

2. If one assumes that Gawyn is Kivrin's "young man," analyze how helpful he in helping Kivrin find her pick up site. Cite specific examples.

3. Is Dunworthy correct in his reasoning about Kivrin? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Doomsday Book, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements. Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Kivrin is found and taken to be nursed at the home of an upper class family. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it says about the times and people that complete strangers are willing to take in a sick woman and care for her for days? Do you think they have any motives other than kindness? What would they be?

2. Kivrin seems to find a niche caring for the two daughters of Eliwys and seems to "join" the household. How likely is it that this sort of thing would happen in modern times? What do you think has changed from previous centuries that it is unlikely to happen in the 21st century America. Do you think it is a indication of a lack of compassion by "modern" humans? Or what?

3. Kivrin discovers her dress if finer and she is cleaner than anyone during this time. Does the family notice this fact? Does Kivrin attempt to blend in better by not bathing? Do you think even the highest nobles of the land (Kings, queens, dukes, etc...) were much cleaner than the family who takes Kivrin in? Why or why not.

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