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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. On December 13, what time of day does Miranda's family decide to eat their one meal?
2. What time does Miranda get up at the beginning of Chapter 12?
3. In Chapter 17, when Miranda and Jonny put out containers to catch the snow, how much snow is in the bottom of the garbage can by the time they finish setting out containers?
4. In what room does Miranda's mother recuperate after she trips in Chapter 13?
5. In Chapter 13, what does Miranda's mother say that she misses the most?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Miranda and her brothers get things from Mrs. Nesbitt's to their house in Chapter 16?
2. On February 12, what does Miranda's mother fry for lunch and how does Miranda describe the food?
3. What do Matt and Miranda discuss before she goes to town in Chapter 21?
4. What wakes Miranda and her family on February 22?
5. What does Miranda's family have to eat for Matt's birthday dinner?
6. Where was Brandon Erlich when the asteroid hit and how did he get home?
7. What reason does Miranda give her mom for homeschooling, and how does her mother react?
8. What does Miranda get from the school when she gathers things to homeschool?
9. What does Miranda discover in town in Chapter 21?
10. What happens in Chapter 13 when Miranda goes to the hospital to get Peter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Miranda tells the story in the novel from diary entries. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story from Miranda’s point of view and from diary entries. How does viewing the events from Miranda’s point of view affect the plot?
Essay Topic 2
Everyone has to make sacrifices in order to survive. How do various characters make sacrifices, how do sacrifices reveal character, and how does the theme of sacrifice play out in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
The crises cause external and internal conflicts for the characters in the novel. How does conflict affect the various characters, and do characters struggle more with external or internal conflicts? Which type of conflicts seem to be most difficult to deal with?
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