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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. Who does Willem go to visit in Louisiana?
2. What is the name of the building that is the seat of Dutch Government?
3. What does MRLB stand for in the context of the fighting at the Line of Actual Control?
4. What is the slogan of T.R.'s truck stops?
5. Where does Alastair live?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the Brazos River campsite overflowing with people?
2. Why does the Indian government want to support Laks?
3. What brings ants closer to human populations in Houston?
4. In the chapter titled "Nederland," what causes the death of all those surfers?
5. Why do Laks' parents want him to go to India?
6. What does Pippa do in the chapter titled Rohtang that makes Laks realize that he is severely under-researched in his plan regarding the Line of Actual Control?
7. What is the MOSE project that Michiel talks to Saskia about in the chapter titled West Texas?
8. Why does Saskia fly her own airplane?
9. Why does T.R. take his guests on a drone tour of Buffalo Bayou and the greater Houston area?
10. Where does Saskia spend her time waiting out the hurricane in Houston?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the political concerns that the author presents with global geoengineering? How could countries use geoengineering for their own selfish agendas? What are the philosophical concerns that the author brings up throughout the book? When answering, consider China's motives around continuing to burn fossil fuel under the cover that launching sulfur will cancel out the harmful effects of burning fossil fuel. Consider also, what China does regarding flooding the Netherlands in order to manipulate the government.
Essay Topic 2
What is Termination Shock in the context of this book? What does that idea mean? Does the idea of termination shock seem to play a major or minor role in the story? When and where is termination shock brought up in the story? Is it brought up consistently? Do you think the author meant it to be more of a background consideration or to play a significant role in how the reader interprets the book?
Essay Topic 3
What do you think the author is saying about social media? What does it say that the world is consumed by a social media frenzy around people fighting each other at the Line of Actual Control; that people in Las Vegas are placing bets on the outcomes of fights between Indian and Chinese people?
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