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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. What team’s jersey does Javari wear?

2. Approximately how tall is Natalie in the novel?

3. What is the name of Beatriz’s dog?

4. From which of the following does Beatriz hail?

5. In what month do the novel’s events in Miami occur?

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. Why do Elena and Natalie consider Beatriz family?

3. Why do Owen and George not try to start the snowmobile on the lake?

4. Why are full-grown sequoias called monarchs in the novel?

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

6. Why does Akira wear clothes she does not mind getting wet while riding?

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

8. Why does Natalie scream at the storm?

9. What belief about Nanuq does George ascribe to his grandmother?

10. What leads Natalie to reason the hurricane is playing with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conversely, which of Akira, George, Owen, and Natalie gains the most? What in the text shows as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the losses sustained in the novel by Akira, George, Owen, and Natalie. Which of them loses most? What in the text shows as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Readerly attention focuses on “the old saying about bears: ‘If it’s brown, lie down. If it’s black, fight back. If it’s white, say good night’” (395). Considering your own reading of the novel, what accounts for the attention paid to the passage? Why might it attract attention?

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