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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 native to the area around Churchill?
(a) Orcas.
(b) Belugas.
(c) Narwhals.
(d) Sperm whales.

2. To what does George compare himself and Owen?
(a) Ruffles.
(b) Pringles.
(c) Fritos.
(d) Lays.

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

4. With which of the following does the Parts 5 begin?
(a) “Akira Kristiansen stood behind the curtain.”
(b) “Akira’s arms and legs went weak.”
(c) “Akira’s house was barely visible.”
(d) “Dad, look. A wildfire!”

5. In what grade is Natalie in the novel?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Ninth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do the vigilantes “protect”?

2. What greenhouse gas does Owen recall being released from thawing permafrost?

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

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

5. With which of the following does Parts 6 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Akira not argue with her father about climate change?

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

3. Why does Lars assert his house is safe from fire?

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

5. What urges Natalie to seek shelter with Patience?

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

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

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

9. How does the novel describe horses’ vision?

10. What leads Owen to consider the ruination of Churchill?

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