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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. To what does Ann liken Loomis when he opens his eyes?

2. What does Ann think about going to get in Ogdentown?

3. What does Ann do with Loomis' gun?

4. What does Ann do with what she finds?

5. What does Loomis do with Faro?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Loomis and Ann discuss concerning the fertilizer?

2. What do Ann and Mr. Loomis argue about concerning the crops?

3. What happens in the middle of the night that convinces Ann to move out of the house?

4. How does Mr. Loomis express his anger and what does Ann do?

5. What does Ann observe the next day as she is watching the house and what does she think about?

6. Why does Ann have to abandon her cave and what does Mr. Loomis do there?

7. Where does Ann go in Chapter 12 and what does she find and do?

8. What does Mr. Loomis say he remembers while delirious?

9. What puzzles Ann when she is reading poetry to Mr. Loomis?

10. How has Mr. Loomis' illness progressed in Chapter 11, and what does he talk about while delirious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ann watches the progress of the stranger and begins to worry that it might be someone who means her harm. Ann decides to hide all evidence of her existence by burying her garden and releasing her animals, then climbing up to a cave in the hills over her valley. Discuss the following:

1. Does it seem likely a fifteen-year-old girl would retreat from what is likely the only other human being in her surroundings for miles?

2. If you were Ann, would you adopt the same procedure to observe the person from afar for awhile? Do you think it would occur to you to do this?

3. How likely is it that the approaching human would harm another human who may be his/her only way to interact with someone else?

Essay Topic 2

In chapter 11, Ann pieces together the story of Mr. Loomis and Edward and realizes that Mr. Loomis likely murdered Edward. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think you would have done when caring for Loomis and learning he had likely murdered someone?

2. Does Ann seem to take the situation seriously? Does her response seem to reflect a greater maturity than the typical 15 year old or about the same as the average 15 year old?

3. Would you have confronted Mr. Loomis as soon as he was able to interact? Would you have confronted him at all? Ann waits until she is leaving the valley--do you think that is the best course of action?

Essay Topic 3

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Ann and Loomis when they first meet. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? How do they compare as to the way they are raised before being chosen? Do you think they are both good people? Why or why not. Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Ann from the beginning of the book to the end. How has she stayed the same? How has she changed? Have the changes been positive? What do you think Ann needs to change about herself to survive her journey?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Z for Zacharia help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Some secondary "characters" to consider are Faro, Radiation, The Valley, and The War.

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