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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. Which of the following does Owen note having lost?

2. Which of the following prays aboard the boat in the Florida storm?

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

4. In which town is the hospital Akira thinks to send Sue to?

5. In what year did the Great Miami Hurricane occur?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reason does Owen like the quiet time of year in Churchill?

3. Why can Akira not risk staying in the pool at Nova’s house?

4. Why does Lars note “A little fire is good for a forest” (107)?

5. Why do Elena and Natalie consider Beatriz family?

6. What comfort does Anne offer Natalie?

7. Why does Owen posit that the momma bear might return after being scared off?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than thriller might Two Degrees be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

"Just before George scares off one polar bear, Owen has the following thought:

As much as it broke his heart to be abandoned [by George], Owen understood. He hadn’t been paying attention, and he’d come between a momma bear and her cub. Thanks to his obliviousness, he and George had been ruthlessly mauled.

If one of them escaped, it deserved to be George" (1143).

Based on the text and your experience, is Owen’s thought that George is more worthy than he correct? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Readerly attention focuses on the following passage: “‘Some people are always going to take without giving,’ [Patience] said. ‘I’m always going to give without taking’” (3504). 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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