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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. Why does Tom say he stopped reading history?
(a) Because he has no time, with the war and all.
(b) Because it's different when you are one of the statistics.
(c) There are no libraries on the battlefield.
(d) He tired of it.

2. Who says that refusing to believe in destiny is mere self-indulgence?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Lisa.

3. What gift does Claudia receive in the desert?
(a) A cactus flower.
(b) A fossilized starfish.
(c) A cactus.
(d) A gecko fossil.

4. What does the reader learn in Chapter 1 that Claudia and her brother collected on the beach as children?
(a) Sand dollars.
(b) Fossils.
(c) Shells.
(d) Hermit crabs.

5. Who picks up Claudia from the airport in Chapter 3?
(a) Jasper and Lisa.
(b) Lisa and Sylvia.
(c) Gordon and Sylvia.
(d) Gordon and Lisa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Claudia contract in the desert?

2. What does the back seat passenger contemplate on the way back from the airport in Chapter 3?

3. What is the ring with a tiny compartment called?

4. How does Claudia tell Tom what she does for a living?

5. In Claudia's view, what is "history?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How does young Claudia learn where babies come from?

2. Describe the beginning of Claudia's relationship with Jasper.

3. As Claudia reflects, what does she recall about her argument with Jasper following Lisa's wedding?

4. What is the Moon Tiger?

5. What is Claudia's view of religion?

6. How does Sylvia feel about living in the U.S. for six months out of the year?

7. Describe Lisa's adult family life.

8. What is Claudia's opinion about Sylvia?

9. How competitive is Claudia against her brother, and what memory first shows this competitiveness to the reader?

10. What is the illness Claudia contracts in Chapter 7, and how is it transmitted?

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