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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. How does the narrator describe her life in the world outside of the expedition?

2. How does the biologist characterize her husband's behavior upon his return from Area X?

3. What killed the narrator's husband?

4. What happened to the members of the third expedition sent to explore the area that the narrator's expedition explores?

5. What is the surveyor's background?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the biologist and the surveyor find when they develop the pictures they took in the tunnel?

2. What is the interaction between the biologist and the surveyor before she heads to the lighthouse in 02: Integration?

3. How do the members of the expedition celebrate after their first exploration of the structure made from coquina and stone?

4. Why did the members of the 12th expedition not know about the Tower/Tunnel ahead of time?

5. After they discover the body of the anthropologist in 02: Integration, how does the biologist's view on the expedition change?

6. Why did the Southern Reach stop issuing firearms for a while after the third expedition?

7. What discovery frightens the biologist and the surveyor within the tower in 02: Integration?

8. What does the biologist believe would happen if the expedition members were to immediately search for the anthropologist in 02: Integration?

9. What happens when the members of the expedition call back to the low moaning sound that comes from Area X at dusk?

10. Why are the members of the expedition told not to share their journals with one another?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the prominent themes of the novel is "what makes us human." Analyze how this text grapples with that idea. Use the text for evidence and analyze, according to the text, what makes us human.

Essay Topic 2

The journals that are found in the lighthouse reveal as much to the biologist as they do further her confusion. What do the journals symbolize? In what ways do they make her understanding of this missions and Area X more defined? In what ways do they further confuse her?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the significance of the black and white photo that the biologist finds in the lighthouse. Using evidence from the text, make inferences as to who circled the photo and what role the man in the photo plays in the text.

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