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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 the author’s wife?
(a) Maddie.
(b) Jo.
(c) Claire.
(d) Wendi.

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

3. Which of the following does Patience have in her apartment?
(a) Record player.
(b) Ping-pong table.
(c) Television.
(d) Computer.

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

5. What is the name of the rally on which the Epilogue centers?
(a) Youth Against Climate Change.
(b) Youth For Climate Preservation.
(c) Kids Against Climate Change.
(d) Kids For Climate Preservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals does Owen note is native to the area around Churchill?

2. Which of the following works with Patience?

3. For what channel does Martinez work?

4. In what hairstyle does Patience first appear in the novel?

5. Who emcees the rally in Washington?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Owen rush to save the polar bear?

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

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

6. How does the novel define a firebreak?

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

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

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

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

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