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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mother first appears to Cedar, Cedar describes her face as being round and white like what?
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) Pizza dough.
(d) A saucer.

2. How does Cedar describe Mother's hair in Part I?
(a) A King Edward helmet.
(b) A mohawk with purple bangs.
(c) A Napoleon helmet.
(d) A Prince Valiant helmet.

3. When was Kateri Tekakwitha baptised?
(a) 1782.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1697.
(d) 1670.

4. What does Cedar say our planet's age is in Part I?
(a) 100 million years.
(b) 300,000 years.
(c) 4.1 million years.
(d) 4.6 billion years.

5. What are the Angel Phil's teeth compared to in Part I?
(a) The teeth of a snake.
(b) The teeth of a wild boar.
(c) The teeth of a shark.
(d) The teeth of a saber-toothed tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cedar see the phrase "Future Home of the Living God" in Part I (13)?

2. Where does Phil bury his and Cedar's cell phones in Part I?

3. What is "thought to be the outside figure on the amount of time we've been roughed out as proto-human," according to Cedar in Part I (57)?

4. What does Cedar refer to the "Anima Mundi" as in Part I (62)?

5. What religious faith does Cedar associate with her adoptive parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Eddy's book comprised of? How long is it when Cedar meets him?

2. Why is Cedar going to an Ojibwe reservation in Part I?

3. What does Cedar stock up on in preparation for the apocalypse? Why?

4. What did Eddy study in college? Where did he study?

5. What provisions does Phil bring to Cedar's home in Part I? Where has he obtained them?

6. How is Sweetie described when Cedar first meets her?

7. Who is Saint Kateri Tekakwitha?

8. What does the lizardlike bird that Cedar observes in Part I represent?

9. What information do Eddy and Sweetie reveal when they tap on Cedar's window in Part I?

10. When and where does the title of the novel appear in the narrative? What does it refer to?

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