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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 does Theo smell as he tries falling asleep after the attack?

2. What time is it in the beginning of Chapter 27?

3. Who does Theo rely on to untie the couple?

4. What language does Theo find a note in?

5. Where does Theo see Julian in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the confrontation between Xan and Theo.

2. What does Helena tell Theo when he returns, and why does she want him off the phone?

3. How is Rolf distanced from the group throughout the burial and after?

4. Who does Theo see at the market after the SSP come to his home, and what happens between them?

5. How does the book end?

6. What goes through Theo's mind when he sees the tree blocking the road in Chapter 27? What happens next?

7. What does Theo lash out at Julian over? What does he wish to do after, and what does he do instead?

8. What has happened to Rolf after Theo awakes after Luke's burial? What does Theo expect he is doing and what is his response?

9. What happens after the baby is born?

10. What kind of Warden does Rolf say he would be? What is Theo's reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Infertility is a terrifying thought, and obviously the main theme of the book. What do you see now in our society that the author could have been inspired by to write of this subject? In other words, what is the infertility that is the subject of the book symbolic of in our culture? Use examples from the book to support the claims that you make.

Essay Topic 2

The British setting of the book largely affects the characters' traits and many of the societal themes. What have you learned about British culture by reading the book? How is it similar and how is it different from your own culture? What do you think would have been different if this were a book written by an author in your own country? British students can discuss what they would imagine would have been different should the book have been of another nation's writing.

Essay Topic 3

Who do you think lives their values the most throughout the story? Who does not? Discuss morality in the characters, and how you think this affects their behavior.

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