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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 does Meg do when she is in pain?

2. What is the dance of the little farandolae doing?

3. What does Meg feel when she reaches out to Mr. Jenkins?

4. How was Meg saved when the Echthros had her?

5. What did a plant do when a biologist thought to burn it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Progo tell Meg is the cause of Charles' illness?

2. What does Meg do when the Echthroi takes over Mr. Jenkins?

3. What does Progo tell Meg about the farandolae and how they live and move?

4. What does Jenkins feel he lacks and how do he and Meg resolve their differences?

5. What does the inside of the mitochondria look and feel like?

6. What does Meg do after Progo Xes himself?

7. What did Progo say about Sporos and the Echthroi?

8. What does Jenkins come to understand about Charles?

9. What does Sporos do when the Echthroi takes over Mr. Jenkins?

10. What does Calvin tell Meg about kything with adults?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A very tall stranger wearing dark robes strides out of the woods and into the pasture. He tells the children he is a teacher. He said his classroom was everywhere.

1. What kind of teacher do you think Blajeny is? What subjects might he teach? How might he teach them?

2. If a teacher said his classroom was everywhere, what do you think he would mean by that?

Essay Topic 2

The soul represents the best part of a man's nature, and Meg is directed to recognize and love Jenkins' soul even if she deplores his behavior or personality. This concept also focuses on spiritual morality, referring to the Christian admonition to love thy enemy, or love thy neighbor as thyself. However, most religions and spiritual practices preach this concept as well, and it is, at its core, a humanist concept, whether connected to religion or not. Despite the book's use of Christian mythology, the precepts it teaches are universal.

1. Do you think you could love a person while deploring his/her behavior? Why or why not?

2. How do you think the world would change if everyone was able to love a person's soul?

Essay Topic 3

Meg begs Sporos to Deepen, saying that it is their only chance of survival. Sporos turns to Senex, the adult fara that is Sporos' parent, and he decides to Deepen. For Sporos to deepen means to mature. The author is saying we can't stay children forever.

1. What are the pros and cons to staying a child forever?

2. How would you say you and your parent or guardian is different because of age?

3. What do you see yourself doing at the age of 30? Do you look forward to being that age?

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