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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 is the name of Owen’s family’s business?
2. What is the breed of Beatriz’s dog?
3. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
4. To which of the following is Lars compared?
5. Per the novel, what is the scientific name for polar bears?
Short Essay Questions
1. What had Natalie and Shannon planned to dress as for Halloween?
2. What belief about Nanuq does George ascribe to his grandmother?
3. What variation on a cliché does Akira think of at Nova’s house (1639)?
4. Why does Akira wear clothes she does not mind getting wet while riding?
5. What does Owen note about polar bears’ heat retention?
6. What belief about polar bears and igloos does George report?
7. Why do residents of Churchill leave cars and houses unlocked?
8. Why does Lars note “A little fire is good for a forest” (107)?
9. How do Natalie and the Evanses escape the Evans home?
10. Why does Owen posit that the momma bear might return after being scared off?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Two Degrees? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?
Essay Topic 2
In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Two Degrees bear as much out?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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