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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 town has disappeared?

2. What do the sailors not vary their rations with?

3. Where has the Firstborn came from?

4. What does Kolya prevent?

5. Who could understand the Babylonian?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kolya wish he could keep talking with Casey? Why is this?

2. Describe the shrine that Alexander leads the pilgrimage to. How does he feel upon arrival?

3. What does Kolya witness and how does it affect him?

4. What is the punishment for Kolya's leak of information and how is this not supposed to be a fate worse than death?

5. What kinds of things does the Eye compel Seeker and Grasper to do?

6. How does Bisesa believe that causality has broken down?

7. What is Bisesa's fear and who echoes it?

8. How does Kolya manage to stay alive and what is he going to do?

9. What is the speculation about the origin of the refugees?

10. What things does Bisesa retrieve from the Little Bird?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What things would serve an individual the most being brought through time? Why? What kinds of problems does this book illustrate with one-way time travel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Josh's love for Bisesa. Is it infatuation of youth or the seasoned experience of true love? How can you tell? What things give it away?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the camp of Genghis Khan and the camp of Alexander the Great. What are some similarities? What are some major differences? How does it appear the people feel about each leader? Suggest reasons for this.

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