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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. In Chapter 17, what does Lark tell Sai he caught yesterday?

2. From whose cabin did Bo get candles?

3. What color flowers can Sai see on the rocks along the beach at Avens Island?

4. How long can Harbinger birds stay on the wing without touching down?

5. What is Bo's heritage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rian ask Sai to do after the captain gets sick and why?

2. What is the ship's hold like where Bo has to hide?

3. What does Sai realize about Master Paiyoon's reluctance to try to find the Sunderlands?

4. What does the stowaway look like, and what does Sai realize about him?

5. What is Rian's story?

6. What plan does Sai make to be able to get access to all of Paiyoon's papers?

7. How does Sai learn how to sketch an area to create a map?

8. What is Bo's story?

9. In Chapter 21, what conversation do Paiyoon and Rian have about the Sunderlands?

10. How does Sai make sure that Grebe does not identify her as a girl from the Fens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in The Last Mapmaker when relating conversations? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, events, or ideas?

Essay Topic 2

An inciting incident is an event in literature that causes and presents a problem that characters need to solve. What are some inciting incidents in The Last Mapmaker? Why are those inciting incidents?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Last Mapmaker? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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