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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 long does Blakely announce that the previous team has been missing that went into the tunnels?

2. What does Blakely find when he hauls up the line that held the anchor?

3. What does Ben notice about Ashley while she is standing at the bar in chapter two?

4. What does Ashley answer when Ben asks her "Do you trust him?" in chapter three?

5. Where does Ben tell Ashely that he was raised in chapter two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Linda deduces after looking at the body of one of the monsters in chapter fifteen?

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

3. What is unique about the boulders that are found in thirteen when the group first begins looking for Halloway?

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

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

6. In chapter seven what does Ashley tell Jason about what he can expect to do while at the main base camp while she is gone.

7. Describe the events that take place when Villanueva crosses the river in chapter thirteen.

8. What does Khalid reveal while he is talking to Ashley, Linda, and Ben in chapter four?

9. Describe the conversation that Ashley and Blakely have in the elevator in chapter six.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What emotions are seen in the story?

2) Would it be possible to take emotions out of a story? Explain why or why not?

3) What emotions do you believe create the stronger responses from people? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

1) What are the implications associated with the fact that the mimi'swee had developed biological tools.

2) If you were writing a fictional piece what biological tools would you have developed? Explain.

3) Do you believe that biological tools are something that is realistic for science to focus on? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

1) Is the conservation that is seen with the mimi'swee understandable and believable to the reader? Explain.

2) How does the society of the mimi'swee compare to today's society?

3) Explain the reason for these vast or minimal differences.

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