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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 happens to Adele?
2. Who does Willem meet just after seeing the Mississippi Delta water diversion?
3. What does Sister Catherine want for Papua?
4. What is the item that the Indian army intelligence officer procures for Laks to use in the battle for the barracks?
5. In the chapter titled "Nederland," who is Toon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What secures Laks position as greatest gatka fighter in the world and makes him famous among Indians and the rest of the world?
2. What does norMal mean in the Dutch royal context?
3. 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?
4. Why does the Indian government want to support Laks?
5. Why does T.R. take his guests on a drone tour of Buffalo Bayou and the greater Houston area?
6. What is the Line of Actual Control?
7. What is Rufus' profession after Adele is killed?
8. What is the MOSE project that Michiel talks to Saskia about in the chapter titled West Texas?
9. Why is Laks politely asked to leave the first akhara he joins?
10. Why does Rufus call Beau Boskey?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Prince Bjorn is a young engineer who wants to focus on carbon capture. How is he a contrast to T.R. who is a man in his sixties who thinks carbon capture is a waste of time? What do you think the author is trying to say about youth and ambition vs. age and experience? Is there room for both these ideals in the book and in real life?
Essay Topic 2
Why does the author bring in Idil Warsame and Sister Catherine? They come from places where people have other seemingly more important issues than climate change. Why does the author include their perspective in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Do you think this book is close to reality? Do you think climate problems will get this bad in the future? Do you think a solution will only come about from a real live version of T.R.? Who is a T.R. equivalent in real life? Do you trust that person with the global climate? What is the alternative?
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