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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. Who notices that they are being shot at in Chapter 9?

2. Who does Oliver ask to sweep up the broken glass?

3. What does Oliver use as a shield in Chapter 18?

4. How many beers has Oliver had in Chapter 7?

5. What was Red allergic to when she was a kid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the spare is put on the RV?

2. What does the sniper want, and what does Oliver think the sniper wants?

3. At the end of Chapter 4, what happens when Reyna is driving on a dirt road?

4. Why does Red have her nickname?

5. How does the group cover broken windows in Chapter 12?

6. What does Maddy do in Chapter 10 that nearly gets her shot?

7. Who is Arthur?

8. How does the group find the walkie-talkie so they can speak with the sniper?

9. Why does Red know where the voice is coming from in Chapter 13?

10. Why does Arthur climb to the top of the RV after the tire blows?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Five Survive?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the Five Survive and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Five Survive? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Jackson uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

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