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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 Jason reply when Blakely asks him how he is holding up in chapter sixteen?

2. Which of the following is NOT something that Ashely said Jason would be able to do while at the base?

3. What happens in the end of chapter seventeen when Michaelson, Ashley, and Ben have reached the top of the wall they were climbing?

4. Why does Khalid believe that there will be valuable minerals found on the dig?

5. What does Ashley respond when Ben first asks her what she thinks about the cave dwellings when they arrive there in chapter eight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the conversation that Ashley and Michaelson have when Michaelson is angry for having to look for Halloway?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. Describe what happens in chapter twenty when Jason and Blakely are withing earshot of Linda and Khalid.

9. What does Colonel Matson explain to Ben when he goes to see Ben in chapter two?

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) Did the crak'an create the effect that the author was going for in your opinion? Why or why not?

2) What 'monster' from literature did you feel was the best monster. Please explain your choice.

3) What is necessary for a writer to create a good monster for his work?

Essay Topic 2

1) What do you think that Khalid had planned for Linda?

2) Why was Khalid so nice to Linda when they first started out, such as when he was able to pull her through the crack when they were following Halloway?

3) Was there any part of Khalid that truly was kind or humane? Explain your answer.

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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