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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 woman who answers the door to cabin 10 wearing?

2. Why does Lo think someone is in her room on the Aurora?

3. Who reminds Lo about her work assignment?

4. How does Lo know the bathroom door did not close on its own?

5. Which character is not a journalist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lo say the ship feels like a doll's house?

2. Why is Lo dissatisfied with her job?

3. Why does Lo tell Ben that she is safe on the ship?

4. What is Richard Bullmer's backstory?

5. Why does Lo feel like she cannot trust herself when she is so tired?

6. What does Lo hear when she wakes up at the end of Chapter Nine?

7. What does Lo realize about the job she has always wanted?

8. Why does it take Lo so long to break out of her bedroom after her house is robbed?

9. Why is Lo's neighbor so shocked when she sees Lo after the robbery?

10. Why does Judah reach out to Lo's family and friends on September 24?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lo says she realizes how paper-thin her walls of security actually are. When does she realize this? How many traumatic events occur before Lo is truly shaken? What does this say about Lo's perseverance?

Essay Topic 2

Lo lists the items in her purse that are missing. What is the significance of her medication being gone and why may she be defensive about it? Why do you think the author makes a point of showing Lo take her pills?

Essay Topic 3

Nilsson's jacket is buttoned wrong when he responds to Lo's frantic call. How could his coat being askew give Lo pause? What other examples does Lo provide for reasons she may not be able to trust Nilsson? What is the purpose of her doubt?

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