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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 name of Akira’s mother?
(a) Ume.
(b) Sakura.
(c) Miyako.
(d) Hana.

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

3. Which of the following does Akira note losing to the fire?
(a) Her Surface.
(b) Her iPad.
(c) Her OnePlus.
(d) Her Blackberry.

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

5. How far away from Akira’s home is a lake?
(a) Quarter-mile.
(b) One mile.
(c) Two miles.
(d) Half-mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the roof of Akira’s home made of?

2. Which of the following does Akira think she sees explode?

3. To what does George compare himself and Owen?

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

5. Which of the following does the polar bear do after it leaves Jimmy’s Place with Owen and George on the roof?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel define a firebreak?

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

3. What urges Natalie to seek shelter with Patience?

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

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

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

7. Why does the restauranteur Natalie encounters hesitate to open her freezer?

8. Why does Patience rail against the vigilantes?

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

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

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