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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. How does Fahd say that Saudi Arabia will continue to make money after the oil runs out?

2. What is the source of Norways wealth?

3. What are the falconers and Rufus training the eagles to do?

4. What does pia huutsu mean in English?

5. What does Laks use to repair the flying chariot drone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Rufus on Squeegee Ninja's side from the first moment watching the security footage?

2. Why does Rufus go back to speak to his Comanche grandmother Mary before taking up his new role of training Golden Eagles?

3. What does Fahd Bin Talal give to Saskia and why?

4. Who takes military control of Papua and why?

5. How does India shut down all the electronics at Flying S? How is this part of the performative war?

6. What is Saskia's new job that she takes on the condition that T.R. promise to actually listen to her?

7. What is T.R.'s plan for Sneeuwberg and why?

8. According to Pippa and Rufus why would India choose Laks to go on a mission to Flying S?

9. What is the second deepfake video involving Saskia about?

10. What is the significance of a plane that can fly in the stratosphere and deliver sulfur exactly where the people who control the plane want it to go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

When Willem is in the helicopter flying to the top of Sneeuwberg, what is the significance of Willem's thoughts about being outraged at seeing what the copper mine industry has done to the environment in Tuaba and these thoughts being immediately followed by the thoughts that every wind turbine feeding green energy into the Netherlands' grid is powered by copper that comes from the mine in Tuaba?

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