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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following do the Parts 2 begin?

2. What nickname does Owen repeatedly try to assign to George?

3. Which of the following does George note his people venerate?

4. In what month do the novel’s events in Churchill occur?

5. Which of the following does George note having lost?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Akira posit that the fire has gotten in front of them as she and Sue flee Nova’s house?

2. What had Natalie and Shannon planned to dress as for Halloween?

3. Why, per the novel, does Churchill see so many polar bears?

4. For what reason does Owen like the busy time of year in Churchill?

5. How does Natalie liken herself to the manatee she encounters in the storm?

6. What leads Akira to her assessment of Sue’s injury?

7. What variation on a cliché does Akira think of at Nova’s house (1639)?

8. How do Natalie and the Evanses escape the Evans home?

9. Why is Akira initially unable to exit the wrecked car?

10. What does Owen note about polar bears’ heat retention?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming that Two Degrees should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

If one character has to be identified as the antagonist in Two Degrees, who is it? What in the novel shows as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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