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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 is responsible for the rogue wave?

2. Who does Lan Lu mean in English, according to the book?

3. Who is Lotte?

4. Who is Adele?

5. According to Alastair why would India be concerned about more sulfur being launched in the Northern Hemisphere?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Martijn van Dyck manipulate Saskia's words to his political advantage?

2. How is Rufus connected to the Comanche tribe?

3. What is Rufus' profession after Adele is killed?

4. What is Laks' newfound purpose?

5. How is it that there is fighting but no guns at the Line of Actual Control?

6. What brings ants closer to human populations in Houston?

7. In Rufus' interview with T.R. what seals the deal for T.R. in wanting to hire Rufus to work out at Flying S Ranch?

8. Who joins Rufus at the marble mine and why?

9. How do Saskia and Ruud handle the Pina2bo problem in regard to Saskia's budget day speech?

10. In the chapter titled "Nederland," what causes the death of all those surfers?

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

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 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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