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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 animals does Owen note is invading the area around Churchill?
(a) Narwhals.
(b) Narwhals.
(c) Orcas.
(d) Sperm whales.

2. What is the nature of Patience’s place of business?
(a) Gun store.
(b) Plumber’s shop.
(c) Food pantry.
(d) Auto mechanic’s shop.

3. What is the symbol for the rally?
(a) A blue planet.
(b) A blue butterfly.
(c) A blue planet.
(d) A blue planet.

4. Which of the following does Patience recommend Natalie contact?
(a) Amnesty International.
(b) Blue Cross.
(c) Red Cross.
(d) Salvation Army.

5. What greenhouse gas does Owen recall being released from thawing permafrost?
(a) Carbon dioxide.
(b) Water vapor.
(c) Methane.
(d) Nitrous oxide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Owen cite as a local landmark?

2. Which of the following does Patience have in her apartment?

3. How tall are the sequoias Akira sees burn?

4. Gratz notes that the Arctic sea ice cover has shrunken by the size of which state each year since 1980?

5. What was Patience’s place of business before she took it over?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Akira agree to participate in the rally in Washington?

2. What preparations does Patience say should have been made before the storm came?

3. Of what does Natalie dream at Patience’s apartment?

4. How do polar bear traps work in the novel?

5. Why must Akira’s family flee their home on horse?

6. To what does the novel liken a first-degree burn?

7. How does the novel explain what a bald in the Sierra Nevada is?

8. What prevented Lars from going back after Akira?

9. Why does Patience put Natalie to work taking people’s information?

10. How does the novel define SNAP?

(see the answer keys)

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