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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 special day does Mark remind Abby of in Chapter 12?
2. Where does Abby realize she has seen Bernard Katzka before?
3. Who is waiting for Abby outside Mr. Parr's office in Chapter 17?
4. What does Abby say is the worst time of the day in Chapter 20?
5. How did Hennessy die as discussed in Chapters 15-16?
Short Essay Questions
1. What complaints does Elaine's mother-in-law make about her method of grieving in Chapter 11?
2. Of whom does Yakov dream in Chapter 14? What does she look like?
3. What story does Abby tell Katzka and Lundquist in Chapter 18? Do they believe her?
4. Why does Yakov dislike Nadiya?
5. For what reason does Abby lose her job completely at the end of Chapter 17?
6. How does Mark react when Abby asks him about the deaths of Kunstler and Hennessy? Why?
7. Why does Abby call Katzka to her house in Chapter 20? Who calls while he is there?
8. What happens to Yakov at the end of Chapter 19? What does this suggest about his chances of survival?
9. Why does Abby begin to think she is being followed by a van in Chapter 15? What does she do about it?
10. Why is Abby's locker searched in Chapter 13? What is found?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why are children routinely taken off the freight ship? Where are they going? What does the helicopter come for? What is behind the locked blue door? Why does Yakov want to go behind the blue door? How come Yakov panics when it is his turn to go behind the blue door? What happens to Aleksei when he goes behind the blue door? Why do the other children think the boys are disappearing? Why does no one question the activities taking place on the freight ship?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following in detail citing examples from the book where relevant:
1) Point of View
2) Writing Style
3) Language
4) Character.
Essay Topic 3
Who is Abby DiMatteo? What is her job? At what point is she in her training? What does Abby's future look like as the novel begins? Why do things turn in a different direction? Why does Abby work with Vivien Chao to get a heart for Josh O'Day? Is what they have done wrong? What might someone else have done in the same situation? Who should have gotten the heart? Why does the pattern of harassment begin after this takes place? Who is doing it? For what reason?
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