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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 have the thieves taken?
2. What is being handed out in Tujunga?
3. Besides the residents, who else is at the ranch?
4. After the red alert, who joins Rosten and Luce in the bunker?
5. What are Chet and Mabel Hawker and their friends, the Andersons, doing when they see a flash of light?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Alim Nasser and how does he choose unwisely to face the situation about the comet strike?
2. Do you think Harry is a little crazy for continuing his pursuit to deliver the mail?
3. Why are Frank, Mark and Joanne in the desert?
4. Describe the activities aboard the space shuttle and comment upon the conversation.
5. What makes Gordie decide not to commit suicide?
6. What is Harry doing when the comet strikes and what is his response?
7. Why does Harvey wonder about where Marie might be?
8. What demonstrates that the women are handling the situation quite well?
9. What does Harvey find when he finally makes it home?
10. Most of the major characters are introduced in these first dozen or so chapters and much of what is written is about the protagonist(s), antagonist(s) and secondary characters. Define those three terms.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The concern that the comet could hit Earth is becoming an epidemic. Many fear that it will create an end-of-the-world scenario, despite what the experts are saying. Discuss the following:
What would you believe were you part of an earth that was in the same situation as in the book?
Would you take precautions to prepare for a disaster? What would they be?
How often have you heard a dire prediction about the earth? Do you believe any of the predictions? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
In Fourth Week: The Prophet, Jackie who says the blacks have gotten what they always wanted; city hall is gone and there's no more rule to keep the blacks down. The problem now is that there aren't enough blacks to hold onto even a small piece of land in order to live. Discuss one of the following:
How are blacks portrayed in Lucifer's Hammer and are they portrayed stereotypically?
If this book were written in 2010, would black be portrayed differently? Would they be any of the "good" guys?
What ways could help things to not be divided by race and class if something like this were to happen in 2010? Use examples from the book and show how they might be treated differently.
Essay Topic 3
In an underground concrete bunker somewhere in the northeastern United States, Major Bennet Rosten and Captain Harold Luce are waiting commands. The US fears that the Russians will believe the US "blind and crippled" by the comet event, using that as a time to strike. Discuss the following:
Is it realistic to think that in the middle of a terrible, global crisis that the Russians would launch nuclear warheads at another country? Why or why not?
Why do you think China makes a preemptive strike against Russian when all countries may have to cooperate to overcome total global annihilation from the effects of the comet?
Would you authorize nuclear weapon attacks during such a crisis? Why or why not?
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