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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. In what type of vehicle were the participants in the tour of the Zone picked up by Igor?
2. What is the first name of the man called Lister, who owned the location called Alladale?
3. In what year was the amusement park featured in Chapter 7: "The Final Resting Place" scheduled to open?
4. Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place of the Future discusses a place called the Zone in which country?
5. From what type of tree were the seeds discussed by Caroline in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Thich Nhat Hanh?
2. How many people lived in the location now referred to as the Zone prior to the nuclear disaster?
3. Explain the term 'samoseli'.
4. What is the most recognizable landmark in all of Pripyat and why?
5. Who is Igor?
6. Provide three details about Igor's life.
7. What event was the catalyst for O'Connell's son's epiphany about the role of the artist?
8. What event in O'Connell's life caused him to enter a cycle of alternate hopefulness and despair?
9. Who or what is the Lorax?
10. What is the significance of the number 800, as revealed in Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within O'Connell’s book Notes From an Apocalypse and with which of the text’s messages does the theme closely connect?
Essay Topic 2
How does O'Connell’s use of the first and second person point of view serve the purposes of the text? Discuss how O'Connell’s choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
How does O'Connell use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
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