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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 Ben and the mimi'swee hunter find when they reach the passage back to the mimi'swee village?

2. When Khalid sees the plumes of smoke from the camp in chapter twenty-three, what does he compare it to?

3. In chapter thirty-one, why is it explained that Linda and Jason are pushing themselves to move so fast?

4. What English word does the old mimi'swee say to Ashley and Ben in chapter twenty-four?

5. What had Jason not thought about happening in chapter thirty-three when he is trying to find a way to get Ben's attention?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the last communication that Mo'amba has with Ben in chapter thirty-four?

2. What happens when Ben reaches the secret passage to go back to the mimi'swee village in chapter thirty-five?

3. What does Sin'jari open the arguments with in chapter twenty-seven when he begins speaking against Ashley and Ben?

4. What is significant about the symbols that Ashley finds on the walls in chapter twenty-five>?

5. Describe what the hunters bring back with the dead body and what they tell Harry.

6. Describe what Khalid tells Linda in chapter thirty-two when he stops to reset the time on Jason's counter.

7. Describe the interaction between Ben and Ashley as he is leaving.

8. Describe the conversation that Jason and Linda have in chapter thirty-one.

9. What does Sin'jari tell Ashley in chapter thirty-six after he has captured her, Michaelson, and Tru'gula?

10. Describe the dream that Khalid has after taking Linda's anti-anxiety pills.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) There are arguably several leaders seen in the story. Which of the characters have a leader role of some type?

2) What characteristics are necessary in a good leader? Do you feel that these characters have these traits?

3) What character flaws prohibit a person from being a good leader.

Essay Topic 2

1) Write an essay explaining why Tiny Tim was an appropriate name for the crak'an found at the end of the story, or why this name was not appropriate. If you had to give the creature a different name what would it have been and why?

2) Create a nickname for the other main players in the story and explain the importance of the names chosen for them.

3) What nickname would you give yourself if you were putting yourself in a work of fiction? Explain what kind of work it would be and why you chose this name.

Essay Topic 3

1) Do you think that Importance of Family or Heritage could be used as a main theme for this story? Why or why not?

2) Do you think that knowing where you came from is important for people? Explain.

3) Do you think that blood relation is stronger or more important that who you are raised by? Nature vs Nurture? Explain.

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