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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. How does the novel gloss the term “fenua”?
(a) Sky.
(b) Land.
(c) People.
(d) Water.

2. Which of the following appellations is assigned to Rafi by his classmates?
(a) Popinjay.
(b) Fauntleroy.
(c) Milquetoast.
(d) Poindexter.

3. Where did Evie dive with her father?
(a) Card Sound.
(b) Florida Bay.
(c) Biscayne Bay.
(d) Barnes Sound.

4. For mispronouncing which word is Rafi mocked in high school?
(a) Antidisestablishmentarianism.
(b) Worcestershire.
(c) Daguerreotype.
(d) Floccinaucinihilipilification.

5. In what hospital does Rafi’s sister die?
(a) South Shore.
(b) Mount Sinai.
(c) Weiss Memorial.
(d) Cook County.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rafi’s sister?

2. In what year do phosphate operations on Makatea cease?

3. What book do Bart and Evie read together?

4. Which of the following does Ina cultivate?

5. To which university does Evie apply?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the novel, what is the primary importance of phosphates?

2. Why is Didier selected to be mayor?

3. From what do the phosphate deposits on Makatea derive?

4. What is described as the major perk of the mayoral office on Makatea?

5. Why does Tamatoa not sleep at night?

6. Why is Rafi advanced a grade level?

7. Why is the title “President of French Polynesia” a lie in the novel?

8. What motivates Rafi’s father’s insistence on his reading?

9. Why is Evie asked about continental drift in her admissions appeal?

10. What does Evie answer when asked about her life philosophy?

(see the answer keys)

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