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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 is the name of the place where Bri is living?

2. How many people are waiting in line for the bus when Alex arrives?

3. In what classroom are class officers to meet with the new headmaster?

4. Why do New Yorkers have to start boiling their water?

5. What day is Bri's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alex learn about the situation in New York from the television news stations?

2. Why are there no convents that can take Julie?

3. What does Alex learn about conditions in Puerto Rico in Chapter 4?

4. Why is Alex's father gone at the time the novel opens?

5. Why does Father Franco tell his parishioners to boil their drinking water and wear insect repellent?

6. What are two reasons why the sky might be gray and the air taste funny?

7. What is Briana's schedule at the farm?

8. When Father Mulrooney tells Alex he can't have lunch because he hasn't done his work, why does Alex just leave?

9. What does Alex see when he approaches his apartment after work on May 18?

10. Where does Brianna have a chance to go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 11 Bri comes home. Discuss why Bri and five other girls returned to New York.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapters 9-10, there are more health concerns and more people die. Discuss the health conditions after the disaster and how they were dealt with.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 9, Alex goes body shopping for the first time. Discuss body shopping and its importance.

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