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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 does Ben use for a trap to slow down the monster he dubs 'Big Bertha' and the two smaller monsters?

2. In chapter four, how does Ashley compare herself to Linda?

3. What does Khalid do to the guard in chapter seven when the guard takes two of Khalid's cigarettes?

4. In chapter seventeen before Ashley goes back to sleep, what question does Linda ask Ashley?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in chapter five when Jason goes to the bathroom?

2. What does Ashley find when she arrives at the dig site in chapter eight?

3. What is revealed about Ben's childhood in chapter two?

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

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

6. Describe the dream that Ben has in chapter two.

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

8. Describe the scene in chapter one when Ashley Carter is first introduced.

9. In the meeting in chapter four what does Blakely reveal is significant about the find in Antarctica?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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) How do you think that Ben viewed Mo'amba? Do you think that he viewed Mo'amba differently because he saw him as his grandfather the first few times they met in the dream state? Why or why not?

2) How did Harry view Nob'cobi? Did it change your opinion of how seriously Harry took their relationship when Harry was seen crying over Nob'cobi's body? Why or why not?

3) Do you think that Ashley viewed the mimi'swee any less seriously than Ben and Harry even though she did not have a personal relationship with any of them the way that Ben and Harry did? Explain.

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