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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 is Youth Group?

2. Where is Elgin traveling in Part Five for a meeting?

3. How does Elgin prove to Bee that Bernadette could not be alive in Part Six?

4. How does the tour guide identify Bee and Elgin?

5. Who is the captain during Bee and Elgin's trip to Antarctica?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Bee want to go to Antarctica?

3. What are some examples of Bee acting like a brat in Part Six?

4. How does Bee feel about Elgin now that Bernadette is missing?

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

6. What happens with Bee and Choate?

7. In Part Six, how does Bee compare the Fox/Branch family to the Beatles?

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

9. When do Bee and Elgin reconcile?

10. What is the relationship like between Van and Elgin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the structure of the book. Why would Semple have Bee narrate the story? What is gained from writing the novel in letter format?

Essay Topic 2

What does the 20 mile house symbolize in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Semple has a way of including details in the text that appear, at first, to be insignificant but end up changing the trajectory of the novel. One of these details is on page 34 and 35 about the Drake Passage. Analyze this information and select two other seemingly insignificant details Semple adds in the novel and analyze how they alter the trajectory of the novel.

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