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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 music is played over the intercom as a wake-up call?

2. Why is Audrey in a new location at the start of Part Five?

3. What does Bee get teased for as a child?

4. What is the name of the vessel that takes tourists from the Allegra to different parts of Antarctica?

5. What is the name of the Galer Street Christmas celebration in Part Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. In a turn of events, how does Audrey end up saving Bernadette?

2. What happens when Bee asks the gift store clerk about Bernadette in Part Six?

3. What is Port Lockroy and why does Bee go there?

4. What happens with Bee and Choate?

5. What is Elgin's plan for finding Bernadette in Part Five?

6. What is Bernadette's reaction to the intervention?

7. How do Bee and Elgin get onto Palmer Station?

8. When do Bee and Elgin reconcile?

9. Why is Audrey arrested at the start of Part Four?

10. What is the plan for Bernadette's intervention?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting plays an important role in this novel. Antarctica, Seattle, Choate, Straight Gate, and Microsoft are a few of the vivid settings in the text. Select one of these settings and analyze how Semple uses setting to add to the novel. What does the setting you have selected symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

What does the 20 mile house symbolize in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

One of the most interesting things about this novel is that each action influences other actions later in the text. Select three seemingly small actions and analyze how they are in fact, important catalysts for later actions in the novel.

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