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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 does Lauren wish she takes with her on her journey?
2. Which of Richard Moss' wives holds the official marriage license?
3. Why doesn't Aura go out for target practice anymore?
4. Why does the group from the neighborhood go into the hills?
5. What does Keith bring back for Cory?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why doesn't the emergency bell ring when the neighborhood is attacked?
2. Why doesn't Bankole want to bury the bones initially?
3. Why is there sometimes problems with the relationship between Rev. Olamina and Jay Garfield?
4. What does Natividad teach Emery?
5. Why does Lauren say that the bubonic plague in medieval Europe represents positive change?
6. What are Olivar's problems before the company takes it over?
7. Why does Lauren call President Donner a "human banister"?
8. Why doesn't anyone bother calling the fire department after the fire?
9. What is it about Lauren's flying in her dream that makes her seem "better" than she used to be, and what makes her still not an expert?
10. Why are water stations dangerous places?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the qualities that Lauren has that make her a good leader. Using examples from the text, describe how she manages to convince people to join her group. What is it about her that seems to make people trust her or believe in her?
Essay Topic 2
Although Lauren is very young, she seems much older and more mature than even many of the adults around her. Explain some of the ways in which she seems older than her years, based on examples from the text. Do you think that this believable? What do you think causes Lauren to be so mature?
Essay Topic 3
Violence is presented almost neutrally in this novel. Sometimes it is very stark and cruel and other times it seems as a necessary means to an end. Describe two examples of each view of violence; as a senseless tragedy or as necessary for progress. Explain whether or not you think that the violence perpetrated by Lauren and her group is necessary.
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