View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lux suspect the voyage might end in in Chapter Four?
(a) More money.
(b) Some weird sex thing.
(c) Joy.
(d) Tears.

2. Where did Lux live right before she moved to her current location with Nico?
(a) England.
(b) California.
(c) Spain.
(d) Canada.

3. What does Brittany call Lux after the incident with the storm?
(a) A hero.
(b) A coward.
(c) A survivor.
(d) A frog.

4. What does Lux's boyfriend tell her she cannot take on the boat?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Books and pictures.
(d) Alcohol.

5. What does Lux find in the jungle that startles her?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A new living person.
(c) A skull.
(d) A ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lux's boyfriend grow up?

2. When does Lux's morning watch on the ship end in Chapter Seven?

3. Where does Lux want to go with Nico early in Part II?

4. Where does Lux work in "Before"?

5. What is Lux's boyfriend's full first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lux lose her mother?

2. Where were Lux and Nico originally supposed to live together?

3. How do Brittany and Amma say they met?

4. What does Lux say Nico should demand from Brittany and Amma to take them to Meroe Island?

5. How does Lux almost die in Chapter Seven?

6. Why does Brittany say she and Amma want to go to Meroe Island?

7. What does Lux see in Chapter Seven that is a bad omen?

8. Why does Lux lose her job?

9. Why is Amma upset when they reach Meroe Island in Chapter Eight?

10. What does Nico tell the girls about the history of Meroe Island?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 485 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample