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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 clothes does Simon grab from Maddy's suitcase for Red in Chapter 35?

2. What is the final vote for Red in Chapter 33?

3. Who drags Maddy back inside the RV after she is shot?

4. What time is it at the beginning of Chapter 31?

5. How many grandchildren does the couple have who come to check on the group in the RV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the sniper do and say in Chapter 30 after Reyna shares her secret?

2. What happens when Maddy leaves the RV dressed as Red?

3. Who breaks the walkie-talkie at the end of Chapter 36?

4. Why does Don say that cell service is worse than usual?

5. Why does Oliver play a Christmas song in Chapter 24?

6. Why does Reyna think the sniper might be after her and Oliver?

7. How did Reyna know the guy that Oliver punched in the bar parking lot?

8. What did Red do a few days after she saw Frank Gotti in the park?

9. What secret has Simon been hiding?

10. How does Arthur try to calm Red after she is brought back into the RV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in Five Survive? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation in Five Survive? What descriptive dialogue tags has Jackson used, especially in Chapter 36? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

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