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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 does Rolf compare Xan to while discussing religion with Theo?

2. What disease does Luke suffer as a child?

3. After Xan finds Theo and Julian, what does he tell Theo he will do with Julian?

4. What novel does Theo find when he is emptying his car?

5. Who goes into the house with Theo?

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. What does Theo write in his diary about the Five Fishes as he discusses the day of relaxation before they depart for Wales?

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

5. What happens as Theo and Rolf tend to the car in Chapter 24?

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

7. What does Miriam inform Theo of in the car, and what is his reaction? Who knows and who doesn't know the secret?

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

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

10. How does Theo plan for Julian to escape the attackers? Does the plan work? What is unsuccessful?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

What are the largest revelations or turning points in the book? How do they change the behavior of the characters? How do they affect the actions of the story?

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