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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 Bee go with the Youth Group in Part Four?

2. What item of Elgin's does Bee throw away?

3. Who is Vivian?

4. What color are the tourist's parkas on the Allegra?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways does the Intervention not go as planed?

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

4. What is believed to have happened to Bernadette in Part Five?

5. Who is Nick and how does Bee help him?

6. What life changing information does Elgin reveal to Bee during the reconciliation?

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

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

9. When is the last time Bee sees Bernadette before she goes missing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character of Bernadette. Using evidence from the text create an essay that argues whether she is mentally stable or not.

Essay Topic 2

How does Audrey's character change over the course of the novel? Would you consider her a static or dynamic character? Consider what prompts her transformation.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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