Subterranean Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

James Rollins
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Subterranean Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

James Rollins
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Roland in chapter three when Roland mentions the previous exploration team?

2. What does Villanueva say when Ashley suggests that Halloway may have already crossed the river?

3. What does Blakely tell everyone in chapter three that they have named the main cavern that they have found?

4. In chapter nineteen, what does Michaelson do to make Ashely and Ben go ahead without him when they are being trailed?

5. Why does Michaelson tell Ashley that he is on the expedition when she asks in chapter five?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Ben, Michaelson, and Ashley find when they are at the top of the wall that they scale in chapter eighteen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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) Which of the scenes in the story caught your attention the most and stuck with you throughout the story? Why do you think this scene was the one that got your attention?

2) Do you think that blood or violence is a more attention grabbing in literature? Why?

3) How would this story have changed had there been no scenes of blood or violence or explanation of the carnage seen? Would it have diminished the story line? Explain.

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