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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. Whence comes Natalie’s math teacher?

2. What greenhouse gas does Owen recall being released from thawing permafrost?

3. What reveals a familiar landmark to Owen and George?

4. Who emcees the rally in Washington?

5. With which of the following does the main text of the novel end?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does Natalie dream at Patience’s apartment?

2. Why does Natalie question whether she can resume her friendship with Shannon?

3. How do polar bear traps work in the novel?

4. Why does the restauranteur Natalie encounters hesitate to open her freezer?

5. Why does Owen rush to save the polar bear?

6. How does the novel define a firebreak?

7. What, in the novel, is a “polar bear welcome mat” (2339)?

8. Why does Patience rail against the vigilantes?

9. What preparations does Patience say should have been made before the storm came?

10. What do Owen and George realize the polar bear that pursues them is doing when they cannot see it from the trap?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the losses sustained in the novel by Akira, George, Owen, and Natalie. Which of them loses most? What in the text shows as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Two Degrees? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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