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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. Which of the following does George note having lost?

3. What is the name of Owen’s family’s business?

4. Which of the following peoples does George remark calls the polar bear Nanuq?

5. What is the name of Akira’s science teacher?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

"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.

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