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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 do Owen and George find inside Jimmy’s Place?
(a) Lawn chairs.
(b) Lawn chairs.
(c) Lawn chairs.
(d) Bookshelves.

2. What is the name of Patience’s place of business?
(a) Brother’s Keeper.
(b) Come an’ Get It.
(c) Open Doors.
(d) Visions of Dawn.

3. In the novel, DNR refers to which of the following?
(a) Denial of Normal Relations.
(b) David Nolan Ryan.
(c) Do Not Resuscitate.
(d) Department of Natural Resources.

4. Which of the following does Akira encounter in the woods?
(a) Moles.
(b) Pikas.
(c) Moles.
(d) Gophers.

5. How does Akira’s sister refer to her?
(a) Ira.
(b) Aki.
(c) Kira.
(d) Sissy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is Miami called?

3. In what grade was Owen when Churchill suffered a food shortage?

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

5. Where does the tree branch that knocks Akira out of the saddle strike her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel define a firebreak?

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

3. What do Owen and George realize the polar bear that pursues them is doing when they cannot see it from the trap?

4. Per the novel, what is the eye of the hurricane?

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

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

7. Why does Akira initially wonder if the plane she sees overhead is lost?

8. How does George’s father make a living after losing his job at the port?

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

10. How does the novel describe the effect of blinders?

(see the answer keys)

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