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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. How does Akira’s sister refer to her?

2. How do Owen and George decide who will look out from the polar bear trap?

3. Which of the following does Akira note losing to the fire?

4. What stone is in Patience’s nose?

5. What is the name of the rally on which the Epilogue centers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occasions the food shortage in Churchill that Owen recalls?

2. How does the novel describe horses’ vision?

3. What leads Owen to consider the ruination of Churchill?

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

5. Why does Lars assert his house is safe from fire?

6. How does the novel describe the effect of blinders?

7. Why must Akira’s family flee their home on horse?

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

9. Why does the area in which Patience lives rise above the storm water early on?

10. How does the novel define SNAP?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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.

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Two Degrees. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Assuming that Two Degrees should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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