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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. Where does Akira have a second-degree burn?

2. Which of the following is the name of Akira’s mother?

3. Which of the following do the vigilantes “protect”?

4. In what hairstyle does Patience first appear in the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George’s father make a living after losing his job at the port?

2. How does the novel define a firebreak?

3. How does the novel describe Akira’s second-degree burn (2248)?

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

5. Why does Patience put Natalie to work taking people’s information?

6. Why does Patience rail against the vigilantes?

7. Per the novel, what is the eye of the hurricane?

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

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

10. Where does Elena weather the storm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Two Degrees on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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

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?

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