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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. In Chapter 24, where is Red when she screams?

2. What is the final vote for Red in Chapter 33?

3. What song does Oliver play on his phone to cover what he wants to say to the group in Chapter 24?

4. Who does Oliver have help him check the light fittings for a bug?

5. When did something happen that Reyna thinks might be the secret the sniper is looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Red do after Don and Joyce die?

2. What happens after a vote is taken to see if Red stays in the RV or is thrown out?

3. What does Reyna tell the sniper after Red gives her the walkie-talkie, and how does the sniper react?

4. How do Don and Joyce die?

5. Why does Reyna think the sniper might be after her and Oliver?

6. Why does Oliver play a Christmas song in Chapter 24?

7. Why does Don say that cell service is worse than usual?

8. Why does Oliver think someone is working with the sniper and who does he blame?

9. How did Reyna know the guy that Oliver punched in the bar parking lot?

10. What happens when Maddy leaves the RV dressed as Red?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arthur knocks the walkie-talkie out of Red’s hand when she tries to get help. Why does he knock the walkie-talkie out of her hand? How and why has he been betraying the group?

Essay Topic 2

Don and Joyce Wright are killed. Why are they killed? Why does Oliver blame everyone except himself for their deaths?

Essay Topic 3

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Five Survive? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Jackson uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

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