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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 think she sees explode?
(a) Balloon.
(b) Refinery.
(c) Gas station.
(d) Refinery.

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

3. In the novel, DNR refers to which of the following?
(a) Department of Natural Resources.
(b) Do Not Resuscitate.
(c) Denial of Normal Relations.
(d) David Nolan Ryan.

4. What color are the fire-retardant chemicals deployed by Cal Fire?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

5. Which of the following does Natalie use to get to Patience’s apartment?
(a) Wings.
(b) Train cars.
(c) Rope ladders.
(d) Zip lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade is Natalie in the novel?

2. Who emcees the rally in Washington?

3. Which of the following does Akira note losing to the fire?

4. How does Akira arrive in Washington?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What urges Natalie to seek shelter with Patience?

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

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

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

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

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