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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 does Akira’s family have in its go-bag?
(a) Books.
(b) Money.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Guns.

2. How many stories tall is Akira’s house?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

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

5. Where in Washington does the rally take place?
(a) Lafayette Square.
(b) National Mall.
(c) Fort Circle Park.
(d) Rock Creek Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nature of Patience’s place of business?

2. Who emcees the rally in Washington?

3. Which of the following is Miami called?

4. Which of the following does Akira sight first when she arrives home?

5. In which of the following does Gratz live?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What prevented Lars from going back after Akira?

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

4. How does the novel define SNAP?

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

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

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

8. Why does Patience rail against the vigilantes?

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

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

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