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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 do the hunters tell Harry is the reason that they didn't follow the other humans that they saw in the caves?

2. When Ben sees the elder of the village what does he tell Ashley about the painting on the creatures chest?

3. What does Mo'amba tell Ben that he has been doing to Harry since he came to the mimi'swee?

4. What does Ben say when Jason explains the reason for the bomb strapped to his chest in chapter thirty-four?

5. What does Mo'amba say when he first stands to speak on Ashley and Ben's behalf in chapter twenty-seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation that Jason and Linda have in chapter thirty-one.

2. What does Ben explain to Ashley about the other five caves that they did not go into after the ceremony is over?

3. In chapter thirty what does Mo'amba tell Ben about his mission?

4. When Ben and Ashley arrive at Alpha Base in chapter thirty-seven what does Harry explain happened?

5. What does Sin'jari open the arguments with in chapter twenty-seven when he begins speaking against Ashley and Ben?

6. What happens after Khalid finds Linda, Blakely and Jason in chapter twenty-five?

7. In chapter thirty-three what things does Linda realize while helping Khalid?

8. What happens in chapter thirty-seven when Khalid and Linda walk near Blakely's office.

9. Describe the interaction between Ben and Ashley as he is leaving.

10. In chapter twenty-six, what do Mo'amba and Ben discuss when they connect in Ben's dream?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

1) Write an essay explaining why Tiny Tim was an appropriate name for the crak'an found at the end of the story, or why this name was not appropriate. If you had to give the creature a different name what would it have been and why?

2) Create a nickname for the other main players in the story and explain the importance of the names chosen for them.

3) What nickname would you give yourself if you were putting yourself in a work of fiction? Explain what kind of work it would be and why you chose this name.

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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