View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesika Hendricks's father trade for stew?

2. Why do Jesika Hendricks and her family go north?

3. What is Z-shock?

4. Where is T. Sean Collins located in Chapter 8?

5. Though he hopes it is not the case, what does Joe Muhammad think might happen when the zombies are long dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were dogs used during the war?

2. Explain what happened in Cuba during the war?

3. Explain the importance of Radio Free Earth during the war.

4. How has Kwang Jingshu's perspective changed after the war?

5. Why is T. Sean Collins having trouble adapting to life after the war?

6. Explain the importance of Tomonaga Ijiro to Japan after the war?

7. How is Maria Zhuganova coping with life after the war?

8. Explain why the pass in India needs to be destroyed, according to Sardar Khanin.

9. Explain how the United States's desire to go to war is a turning point in the story.

10. How is Todd Wainio coping with life after the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the two types of narrators? Give two examples of each kind of narrator, using evidence from the story to support your claim.

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 870 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample