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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 find in the snowmobile’s cargo compartment?

2. What is the name of Lars’s horse?

3. Which of the following notices that the passengers of the car that hit Akira’s group need assistance?

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

5. In which town does Sue live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what order do those on the boat in the Florida storm debark?

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

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

6. Why do Elena and Natalie consider Beatriz family?

7. How does the novel define a red flag warning?

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

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

10. Why do Natalie and Elena not evacuate Miami?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 2

At several points, the novel confronts its characters with corpses inside cars. What purpose does the specific imagery serve, what in the novel attests to that purpose, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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