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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. Who has taught the King's son?

2. What two things are not returned to Bisesa and her crew?

3. What city does Alexander burn?

4. What is the ratio of the Eye?

5. How many of the twenty troopers are Indian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Mongol way of conquest?

2. What spooks the soldiers about the city?

3. What things disgust both Kolya and Sable?

4. What does Musa suggest to rename Earth and why?

5. What is Alexander so interested in discussing?

6. How does Sable have a good idea of who they are coming up against when they land?

7. Why does Bisesa avoid telling the people of Jamrud their future?

8. Why does Moallim attack the chopper?

9. How does Abdikadir explain Bisesa's knowledge of Lahore?

10. What unnerves Moallim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Sable. Describe her personality. What kind of person is she? Who is she easily comparable to throughout the story?

Essay Topic 2

Speculate on Seeker and Grasper's viewpoint of the storyline. Does it add to the story in any major way? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of this book. How does it offer a unique perspective on time travel? What credibility does it have? esearch the author's comments on this book. What does it reveal?

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