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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 a little girl carrying when she falls off the bridge over the paddleboat pond?

2. How long after the little girl is rescued who falls in the pond does Johannes stay in his hollow?

3. What color is the night when Bertrand finds Johannes in Chapter 15?

4. In Chapter 3, how many Trouble Travelers does Bertrand report seeing?

5. What does Samuel think Johannes has overeaten in Chapter 5 when he describes the shapes and pictures he saw?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Johannes explain how he got caught with a leash?

2. What problem is there after Johannes saves the toddler?

3. What happens after Johannes saves a toddler who falls into the pond?

4. How does Johannes spend his days?

5. Why does Johannes stay in his hollow after the rescue?

6. What does Johannes see delivered to the new building?

7. Why does Johannes decide that freeing the Bison needs to take place at night?

8. Why is Freya concerned about Johannes fascination with the rectangles on the plaza?

9. What do the Bison say about being in captivity?

10. What becomes obvious to Johannes after his rescue, and what does he decide to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johannes rescues a little girl who falls into the duck pond. What are the unintended consequences of rescuing the girl? How and why does Johannes’s life change because of those consequences?

Essay Topic 2

Johannes gets enthralled by rectangles he notices on the plaza. How and why does Johannes become mesmerized by the rectangles, and what danger does he face because he is distracted?

Essay Topic 3

Verisimilitude ensures that even a story that is make believe is rooted in reality and plausible. How does Eggers create a believable world in The Eyes and the Impossible?

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