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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 the only way to kill the infected?

2. Who does Mary Jo Miller free from being pulled out the window by the infected?

3. Why was Maria Zhuganova's team in Russia not aware of the Panic?

4. What was the name of Breckinridge Scott's vaccine?

5. According to Todd Wainio, where were the soldiers placed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the relationship between Lang and Philip Adler.

2. Explain the Redeker Plan.

3. How did Herr Muller get sick without having any bite marks on him?

4. Explain how the seasons affected the zombies.

5. Explain the Decimation, according to Maria Zhuganova.

6. Give three examples of civilians panicking at the beginning of Chapter 3.

7. What is Phalanx?

8. Explain how the outbreak spread to Paris.

9. How are politics affecting efforts to contain or eliminate the outbreak?

10. Explain how the U.S. government responded to the outbreak.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the two types of characterization and give at least one example of each from World War Z.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the opening scene in World War Z. Why does the author open the story with this scene? What "stage" does this scene set for the rest of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is one literary element used in World War Z. Give at least three examples of foreshadowing from the story and explain what is being foreshadowed for each.

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