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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. Where does Alec lead Mark and Trina from the tunnels in the flashback in Chapter 20?

2. How do the dancing cult members apprehend Alec and Mark in Chapter 23?

3. What is the name of the little girl that Mark's group encounters in Chapter 18?

4. What does Alec use to break open the door to the cockpit in the aircraft in Chapter 6?

5. How many people are dancing around the fire when Alec and Mark creep up to them in the woods in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lana tell Mark and Trina to hurry in Chapter 2? What is their mission for the day?

2. How does Mark manage to make his way back to the Central Shack in Chapter 4? What does he do afterward?

3. What information do Mark and Alec gain from the workpad in Chapter 9?

4. Why do the tribal cult followers say they came to the woods in Chapter 24? What do they reveal about Deedee?

5. What leads to the separation of Mark and Alec from the others in their group in Chapter 22?

6. How is the camp of the tribal cult followers described in Chapter 23?

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

8. What is revealed through Teresa's thoughts about Thomas in the Prologue of The Kill Order?

9. Who kills the Toad in Chapter 16? Why?

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 and discuss Lana's death in the narrative. Where is Lana when Mark and Alec track her down in Chapter 55? How is her appearance described? Why does Alec kill Lana?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Mark and Alec's escape from the subway system in New York following the sun flares. Whom do they take with them as they escape? What causes the water to flood the underground tunnels? Where does Alec lead the group for safety?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Berg that lands in Mark and Alec's settlement in the beginning of the novel. Who emerges from the Berg and what do they do? How do Alec and Mark manage to take down the Berg? What do they discover once they have taken it down?

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