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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 much does the customer pay that Alex is helping at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. Where did James Flaherty spent the summer?

3. When does Father Franco think that St. Margaret's will close?

4. What time does Kevin want to go body shopping on August 9?

5. By June 4, how many mass suicides had there been in and around Los Angeles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bri think her mother hasn't called?

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

3. Where does Brianna have a chance to go?

4. What is a bigger problem than the earthquake on August 1?

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

6. Why is it thought that there will be more tsunamis?

7. At the end of August, what happened to Julie's garden?

8. Why does Greg Dunlap give Alex the keys to his apartment and to his neighbors' apartment?

9. Why does Briana think that the blackout has something to do with the moon?

10. Why does Alex wake up on the sofa on June 30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of Chapter 4, Alex realizes that the future he dreamed of no longer matters. Compare and contrast the future Alex dreamed of before the disaster and the future he sees after the disaster.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapters 13-14, Alex worries about his sisters and wants to get them out of New York City. Discuss places Alex and his sisters could have gone and which option Alex chooses.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 7, Alex begins to realize that rules are sometimes meant to be broken. The objective of this lesson is to discuss how and why Alex begins to realize that sometimes rules are meant to be broken.

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