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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 has Miriam found in the car in Chapter 26?
2. Who sleeps in the car after Theo and the Five Fishes have to camp because of the flat tire?
3. Where does Rolf suggest placing Luke's body?
4. What is Theo's concern in Chapter 25?
5. What word does Rolf use to say that Theo is not the leader of this?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Theo awakens in Chapter 25, where does he learn that Luke and Julian have gone? What does he think of their disappearance from the rest of the group?
2. What does Theo lash out at Julian over? What does he wish to do after, and what does he do instead?
3. Why does Theo take Miriam inside to Jasper's, and not to Rolf?
4. Why does Miriam come for Theo?
5. What do Theo and Miriam find inside Jasper's home? Describe what happens next.
6. How does Theo regard his feelings towards the person he meets at the market in Chapter 19? What does he decide he will do next?
7. How is Rolf distanced from the group throughout the burial and after?
8. What does Miriam inform Theo of in the car, and what is his reaction? Who knows and who doesn't know the secret?
9. What does Theo write in his diary about the Five Fishes as he discusses the day of relaxation before they depart for Wales?
10. What goes through Theo's mind when he sees the tree blocking the road in Chapter 27? What happens next?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the characters are obvious symbolic representations of ideas, viewpoints, and people in real life. Discuss the symbolism of the characters: who they are, and who or what they represent. Does this symbolic branding restrain their behavior? In other words, do they act a certain way only because of their underlying meaning? Discuss.
Essay Topic 2
In the beginning of the book, Theo writes about the years leading up to the Omega. What are some of the justifications that humans made for the warning signs? How are these times similar to the way of life we are familiar with? Is there anything other than infertility that has the magnitude to change the entire world the way Omega did? How do people in the book live differently post-Omega than we do now?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Theo's life before the book begins. How have the decisions he has made and the events he has lived through shaped who he becomes by the time we meet him? Discuss how these issues play a role in his quest to assist the Five Fishes.
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