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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. Where does Keith want to move to?

2. How are Wardell Parrish and Rosalee Payne related?

3. What is water become more expensive than?

4. What does Lauren's stepmother's mother tell her stars are?

5. When is the last time it rains?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Harry want to stay and build a community with the group?

2. What's causing the chaos after the earthquake?

3. What are the findings of the Anglo-Japanese Cosmological Station?

4. What are Olivar's problems before the company takes it over?

5. Why does Lauren say that the bubonic plague in medieval Europe represents positive change?

6. Why does Lauren's father stay at the university overnight?

7. What is Keith's punishment after leaving the neighborhood?

8. What does it take to be a good member of Earthseed?

9. What happens to Reverend Olamina's original church?

10. What is the story of the parable of the importunate widow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Cory knows what awaits her son outside the walls of Robledo, she approves of him leaving the community. Why do you think she does this? Describe the relationships she has with each of her children, her stepdaughter, and her husband. What do these relationships reveal about her character?

Essay Topic 2

Explain what environmental changes occur in America at the time of the story. How does this affect the social fabric? What effects does it have on Lauren and the other characters? What environmental considerations do the travelers take into account when planning the community at Acorn?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the government in America at the time of the story. What problems does the government face and how is it trying to solve those problems? How does the crisis facing the government affect Lauren's actions and the actions of the other characters?

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