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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. How many inches did Sarah lose of hair?

2. What happened every year?

3. What does George worry about?

4. What was the first thing Sarah mentioned when she had been revived?

5. How many hours did they have to stop the tsunami?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of confused feelings was Sarah stuck with?

2. What lies did Evans tell Drake?

3. Why was Ted Bradley turned on by Jennifer Haynes?

4. What signs showed the park ranger that there was a danger of a flash flood?

5. Why did Ted believe that all people should live in villages?

6. What is so miraculous about Aspirin?

7. What did the studies on scientific bias find?

8. What does George want to do with Sarah and Evans?

9. In what ways was Peter trying to identify George Morton's body? Why couldn't he?

10. What was said by the Russian-accented fellow that caught Sarah's attention?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the fictional organization NERF to the real organization, ELF. How does the author spin the perspective of the reader from admiration of the cause and dedication of NERF to such a discontent radiation at the end of the novel? How is this change of view imperative to the progression of the story?

Essay Topic 2

How did you, as the reader, feel about this book? Which character did you identify most with? Why? Which character did you like the most/least? Why? Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the aim of eco-terrorism is? In what ways are eco-terrorists actually present in our world? Explain at least one documented case in which someone did something that caused the death or serious injury of someone working in an industrial industry.

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