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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 Blakely tell Jason he needs after collapsing on the floor in chapter twenty?

2. Who shoots the monster in chapter fifteen when it is dragging Linda off?

3. Where is Benjamin Brust at when chapter two begins and he is first introduced?

4. What does Roland throw to Blakely once Blakely and Jason are on the boat?

5. What is thrown at Villanueva and Ashley after they fire their guns into the cave in chapter thirteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens in chapter thirteen after the group gets through the small crevice while following Halloway's trail.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

7. When they get across the river and find blood explain what Ashley and Villanueva discuss about Halloway coming across the river.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Pick one of the characters in the story that you would have most enjoyed being. Why did you pick this character?

2) Do you and this character share any traits? Explain.

3) What would you have done differently in the story if you had been this character?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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