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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. Where do Bernadette and Audrey go after Audrey saves Bernadette from the intervention?

3. What is Bee's role during the Galer Street Holiday pageant?

4. Why does Audrey contact her husband in Part Five?

5. Why does Bruce Jessup call Elgin in Part Five?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are Iris and Vivian?

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

5. What is Bee's initial reaction to being aboard the Allegra?

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

7. What happens with Bee and Choate?

8. Where is Audrey at the start of Part Five and why?

9. What does Elgin give to Bee to give to Bernadette when she finds her on Palmer Station?

10. When do Bee and Elgin reconcile?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What does Antarctica symbolize in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, different characters experience individual breakthroughs or major changes to their personalities. Select one of the characters from the text and analyze their breakthrough. What leads to this breakthrough? How is the character different afterward?

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