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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 Khalid tell Ben when Ben is talking about the room that they have found being full of quartz in chapter seventeen?

2. What does Ben find that indicates that Halloway is ahead of them?

3. What does Blakely tell everyone in chapter three that they have named the main cavern that they have found?

4. In chapter fifteen, what does Michaelson say happened when he tried to contact the main base?

5. In chapter nineteen, what does Michaelson do to make Ashely and Ben go ahead without him when they are being trailed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in chapter twelve when Ashley sends Halloway to get Michaelson?

2. Describe the conversation that Flattery and Blakely have in chapter nine when they are discussing how the team will be able to keep in contact with the new circuit boards.

3. In the meeting in chapter four what does Blakely reveal is significant about the find in Antarctica?

4. Describe the dream that Ben has in chapter two.

5. Describe the scene in chapter one when Ashley Carter is first introduced.

6. Describe what happens in chapter sixteen when the base is attacked.

7. Describe the conversation that Ashley and Blakely have in the elevator in chapter six.

8. What happens in chapter five when Jason goes to the bathroom?

9. What does Ashley find when she arrives at the dig site in chapter eight?

10. Describe what Linda deduces after looking at the body of one of the monsters in chapter fifteen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What do you think that Khalid had planned for Linda?

2) Why was Khalid so nice to Linda when they first started out, such as when he was able to pull her through the crack when they were following Halloway?

3) Was there any part of Khalid that truly was kind or humane? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

1) Could the story have been told from only one person's point of view? Why?

2) What other ways could the author have imparted information to the reader rather than switching point of views periodically throughout the book?

3) Do you feel that the author was confusing with his point of view switching so often? At what point does it become overwhelming for a reader to switch point of views?

Essay Topic 3

1) Growth is often seen in a story in reference to the individual characters. Which character do you feel underwent the greatest change during Subterfuge? Explain why.

2) Which character do you feel underwent the least change?

3) Compare these two characters and speculate on what prompted so much or so little change in them?

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