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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is part of the tack on Akira’s horse?
(a) Crop.
(b) Britching.
(c) Bit.
(d) Martingale.

2. Which of the following does Natalie realize she has lost?
(a) Her grandfather’s ring.
(b) Her grandmother’s pearls.
(c) Her weather journals.
(d) Her mother’s Bible.

3. With which of the following do the Parts 2 begin?
(a) “I can’t go with you.”
(b) “Akira’s arms and legs went weak.”
(c) “Sue looked over Akira’s shoulder.”
(d) “Akira looked up in a daze.”

4. In which town does Sue live?
(a) Borden.
(b) Modesto.
(c) Clovis.
(d) Fresno.

5. Whom of the following greets Natalie on the boat?
(a) José.
(b) Guillermo.
(c) Iván.
(d) Roger.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following does Natalie live?

2. Which of the following does Lars quote?

3. How old is Akira in the novel?

4. In what month do the novel’s events in Miami occur?

5. Which of the following notices that the passengers of the car that hit Akira’s group need assistance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Natalie scream at the storm?

2. Why does Owen posit that the momma bear might return after being scared off?

3. Why do Natalie and Elena not evacuate Miami?

4. How does Natalie liken herself to the manatee she encounters in the storm?

5. What comfort does Anne offer Natalie?

6. What leads Natalie to reason the hurricane is playing with her?

7. What belief about polar bears and igloos does George report?

8. Why do Owen and George not try to start the snowmobile on the lake?

9. What variation on a cliché does Akira think of at Nova’s house (1639)?

10. How do Natalie and the Evanses escape the Evans home?

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