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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 does the man call himself who Petra meets when she is trying to find food stores in Chapter 20?

2. What creature is with the god Petra sees in her dream in Chapter 19?

3. How many bags does Petra fill with toxic foliage in Chapter 18?

4. In Chapter 23, what does Petra decide to use to dilute the toxin?

5. In Chapter 18, what type of plant does a mini-chinchilla type creature avoid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nyla find out that Petra retains her memories?

2. How does Petra decide to try to render the toxin useless?

3. How does Voxy handle the Prawn when he and Petra run into him at the elevators in Chapter 22?

4. What can Petra see when she steps off the shuttle in Chapter 17?

5. Where are the relics stored that Voxy and Petra find?

6. What does Petra notice when she collects underwater plant samples in Chapter 17?

7. Why does Petra believe that Epsilon-5 is Javier?

8. In Chapter 17, what does Petra feel and smell when she removes her visor?

9. What does the Chancellor say to Petra regarding her attempt to save Len?

10. What happens to Len and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Last Cuentista? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions HIguera uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

There are signs that not everyone in the Collective is content with their lives. What signs are there that some members of the Collective are not content? Why are these members of the Collective not content with their lives?

Essay Topic 3

The Chancellor believes the Collective and its goals are more important than the safety of one man. How does the Collective seem to treat individuality? Does the Collective seem to be working for the greater good of the group--not individuals?

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