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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 do the friends do after laying the cycles down?
2. What is being handed out in Tujunga?
3. What does Sharps say are the odds of the comet hitting earth?
4. What does Dr. Leonilla Alexandrovna Malik want to be doing?
5. Who says they will keep the children who are with Tim?
Short Essay Questions
1. What advice does Tim give the ranger?
2. What happens when Tim and Eileen try to buy a car and what is the implication?
3. How does Alim demonstrate that he is re-thinking home robberies to ensure his gang's survival?
4. Do you think Harry is a little crazy for continuing his pursuit to deliver the mail?
5. Identify who you think are the protagonist(s), antagonist(s) and two or three secondary characters and why.
6. What does Harvey find when he finally makes it home?
7. Why is the rain that is falling salty?
8. What makes Gordie decide not to commit suicide?
9. 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.
10. How do the astronauts decide to land in California?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are a large number of people sharing living quarters, and many are unrelated adults such as the house where Harvey, Tim, Eileen, Mark, Joanna and the four Wagoners live on the Jellison compound. Discuss the following:
How difficult do you think it would be to live with a group of people you barely know? Discuss.
What are some things a group of such people as mentioned above can do to help keep things going smoothly?
In your opinion, what would be the most difficult aspect of such a living arrangement?
Essay Topic 2
Harvey and Senator Jellison are two of the most influential characters in Lucifer's Hammer and have a major impact on the rest of the people in the story.
Part 1) Compare and contrast the characters of Harvey and the Senator. How are they the same? How are they different?
Part 2) What do you think would have happened if these two characters, Harvey and Senator Jellison, never existed in the story? Use events from the book where the direct influence of Harvey and Senator Jellison had an impact on others.
Part 3) Who is the better leader,Harvey and Senator Jellison? Cite several examples from the book to support your case.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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