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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. What sound does the novel assign to the release of fire retardants?
(a) Fwoosh.
(b) Splat.
(c) Plop.
(d) Crackle.

2. Whence comes Natalie’s math teacher?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Belize.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Cuba.

3. With which of the following does the Epilogue begin?
(a) “Sue looked over Akira’s shoulder.”
(b) “Akira looked up in a daze.”
(c) “Dad, look. A wildfire!”
(d) “Akira Kristiansen stood behind the curtain.”

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

5. Of what are Patience’s earrings made?
(a) Brass.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Platinum.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does the Parts 5 begin?

2. Which of the following is the author’s wife?

3. Which of the following does Akira encounter in the woods?

4. How long a ride is it from Akira’s home to the lake, normally?

5. With which of the following does the main text of the novel end?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, in the novel, is a “polar bear welcome mat” (2339)?

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

3. Why does the area in which Patience lives rise above the storm water early on?

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

5. What prevented Lars from going back after Akira?

6. How does the novel describe Akira’s second-degree burn (2248)?

7. Why does Natalie question whether she can resume her friendship with Shannon?

8. What occasions the food shortage in Churchill that Owen recalls?

9. Where does Elena weather the storm?

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

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