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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. What do the transport sleds resemble that Blakely hands Ashley and the others to travel on through the caving systems in chapter ten?

2. What does Ben say to Jason in chapter four after Linda offers to let Jason come help her survey the lake in chapter seven?

3. What obstacle did Michaelson find in chapter twelve that he suggests they had better try and get over before they camp for the night?

4. What does Michaelson say about Ben's file in chapter five?

5. In chapter eight, what does Ashley explain about dig sites?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ben, Michaelson, and Ashley find when they are at the top of the wall that they scale in chapter eighteen?

2. Describe the discussion that Michaelson and Ashley have in chapter five.

3. What does Blakely show Ashley when they first meet in chapter one?

4. Describe the scene in chapter two when Ben Brust is first introduced.

5. Describe the cavern that the group finds to hide in in chapter seventeen.

6. Describe the group's reaction in chapter ten when they discover that there was a team that went ahead of them that has not returned?

7. What happens when Linda goes through Khalid's backpack for cigarettes for Villanueva?

8. Explain the confrontation that Ben has with Linda in chapter seven.

9. Describe what happens in chapter sixteen when the base is attacked.

10. Explain what happens in chapter seventeen when Linda wakes up with a headache.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Write an essay explaining why Tiny Tim was an appropriate name for the crak'an found at the end of the story, or why this name was not appropriate. If you had to give the creature a different name what would it have been and why?

2) Create a nickname for the other main players in the story and explain the importance of the names chosen for them.

3) What nickname would you give yourself if you were putting yourself in a work of fiction? Explain what kind of work it would be and why you chose this name.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe Khalid and his role in the story.

2) Describe Sin'jari and his role in the story.

3) Which of these two antagonists would you say is more prominent in the story line, and why?

Essay Topic 3

1) Do you think that Importance of Family or Heritage could be used as a main theme for this story? Why or why not?

2) Do you think that knowing where you came from is important for people? Explain.

3) Do you think that blood relation is stronger or more important that who you are raised by? Nature vs Nurture? Explain.

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