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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 find that indicates that Halloway is ahead of them?

2. What is Ben able to deduct about Linda and she confirms in chapter seven?

3. What does Blakely say when Roland says that the monsters are attacking from every direction in chapter sixteen?

4. What does Flattery tell Blakely in chapter nine when Blakely tells him not to fret?

5. After examining the dead body of one of the creatures in chapter fifteen, what does Linda say that the animal resembles?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens in chapter twelve when Ashley sends Halloway to get Michaelson?

4. When the group stops to camp for the first night in chapter eleven what happens?

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

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

7. What does Khalid do in chapter seven after everyone has gone to bed?

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

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

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) Based on what is seen in the story speculate on how the mimi'swee culture differs from our culture.

2) Does it seem important to the reader that with the exception of the female at the council hearing with the egg, there are no women of the mimi'swee that are closely examined or spoken to? Speculate on the reasons that this is true.

3) Is their a point in our history when our culture would have mirrored the mimi'swee's? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Could the story have been told from only one person's point of view? Why?

2) What other ways could the author have imparted information to the reader rather than switching point of views periodically throughout the book?

3) Do you feel that the author was confusing with his point of view switching so often? At what point does it become overwhelming for a reader to switch point of views?

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