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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 the temperature in "Permafrost"?

2. What degree does Hugo have in his root life?

3. At the time of the Doomsday Book, was the average size of an English community?

4. How many years ago was there hardly any open water in Svalbard in April?

5. How long have Ash and Nora had a neighbor named Adam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nora return to the library after trying the life of a rock star?

2. How did Ash help Nora when her mother was undergoing surgery?

3. Who is Hugo?

4. How did Nora get a piano, and how did she learn to play?

5. In "Love and Pain," what does Nora want when she returns to the library?

6. What signs of global warming are there in Svalbard?

7. Why does Nora decide to choose a life where she is a rock star?

8. Who is Ingrid and why is she in Svalbard?

9. What does Nora begin to understand in "The Many Lives of Nora Seed"?

10. In "Lost in the Library," what does Mrs. Elm think is happening to Nora?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nora was a competitive swimmer in her root life. When was Nora a competitive swimmer? What did swimming mean to her? Why did she quit and how did quitting change her relationship with her father?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the book, Nora visits Mrs. Elm at the nursing home. What is different about Mrs. Elm at the nursing home? What regrets does Mrs. Elm have? How is Mrs. Elm just as imperfect as Nora?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Elm often compares life to a chess game. Why does Mrs. Elm often compare life to a chess game? How does she use the analogy to teach Nora how to deal with life’s challenges?

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