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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 is wearing the Toad's underwear on his head when he appears in Chapter 2?

2. Whom does Deedee tell Mark and Alec to watch out for when they go to investigate the singing in the woods in Chapter 22?

3. Who first approaches the little girl to talk to her in Chapter 18?

4. What had Alec been prior to the sun flares?

5. By what nickname does Mark think of Alec in the narrative, although he doesn't call him that?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described as Trina's favorite activity in Chapter 1? Where does Trina live?

2. What does Lana theorize about the virus in Chapter 17?

3. What does Alec surmise about the abandoned camp in Chapter 28?

4. What does Deedee reveal about her past in Chapter 18?

5. What is significant about the arrival of a Berg in the settlement in Chapter 3?

6. Where do Mark and his friends take refuge from the destruction in the flashback in Chapter 20? Who accompanies him?

7. How is the Berg described in Chapter 3? What happens when the Berg's ramp opens up?

8. What information does Jed reveal to Mark and Alec in Chapter 25? What interrupts Jed?

9. What does Alec reveal to be the cause of the destruction in the flashback in Chapter 19?

10. How does Alec confront the pilots once he enters the cockpit of the Berg in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the weapons and technological advances described in The Kill Order. What is a Transvice? How does this weapon work? What is a Flat Trans and how is it operated? How realistic are these devices?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Mark as the main protagonist in The Kill Order. Where is Mark when his character is first introduced? What does the narrator reveal about Mark's past and his meeting with Alec in the course of the story? What has happened to Mark's family?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impacts of the sun flares on the earth as examined in the novel. When do the sun flares begin? How long do they last? How many people are killed by the effects of the sun flares?

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