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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. To which of the following is Lars compared?

2. Which of the following does Owen note hearing while leading tourists?

3. Which of the following floats alongside Natalie in the rooftop shed?

4. Which of the following causes does Akira’s mother posit for the Morris fire?

5. How old is Akira in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What hope does Sue have with her swimming?

6. What comfort does Anne offer Natalie?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Gratz’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 3

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

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