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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. Gorbachev believed that the Chernobyl disaster would create how many years of aftereffects?
(a) 400.
(b) 200.
(c) 600.
(d) 800.

2. The picture book discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" features which word to stand in for any material object?
(a) Schneed.
(b) Parentis.
(c) Thneed.
(d) Rooneed.

3. What kind of artist was the man who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?
(a) A writer.
(b) A film director.
(c) A painter.
(d) A choreographer.

4. How many months after the Alladale retreat did O'Connell take a trip to the Zone?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 11.
(d) 6.

5. For what purpose did Caroline plan to use the seeds in the wooden box if the need arose?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Anesthetic.
(c) Pain-reliever.
(d) Diuretic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place of the Future discusses a place called the Zone in which country?

2. Near the end of Chapter 7: "The Final Resting Place," O'Connell states that "meditation upon" what topic "became a mainstay of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art and literature" (213)?

3. At the time of the trip, Dylan had relocated to which city several years before?

4. Caroline described a wooden box in which she kept how many seeds from a particular tree?

5. The theory discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" revolves around "three circles of" (179) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the number 800, as revealed in Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place?

2. Provide three details about Igor's life.

3. Provide evidence for the conclusion that O'Connell strives to find teachable moments within his everyday life as a parent.

4. What does the ferris wheel in Pripyat symbolize, according to O'Connell?

5. What is the state of the tourism industry in the Zone?

6. Who is Dylan and what was occurring in his life at the time of his trip to the Zone?

7. What judgment did O'Connell make about Igor before turning the microscope back on himself?

8. Who is Caroline Ross?

9. At what type of location did O'Connell attend a retreat in the spring of 2017?

10. Explain the term 'samoseli'.

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