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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 answer when Linda yells that she said she would help him and there is no need to hurt Jason in chapter thirty-two?

2. What does Harry tell Michaelson when he first calls what Harry calls his 'friends' in chapter twenty-two?

3. What surprises Mo'amba about the child in the ceremony in chapter twenty-seven?

4. What does Ben say when Jason explains the reason for the bomb strapped to his chest in chapter thirty-four?

5. What does Tru'gula say to Ashley when he comes to see her in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mo'amba's argument on the behalf of Ashley and Ben in chapter twenty-seven.

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

3. What happens after Khalid finds Linda, Blakely and Jason in chapter twenty-five?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Ben explain to Ashley about the other five caves that they did not go into after the ceremony is over?

9. Describe the exchange between Khalid and Blakely in chapter twenty-three when Blakely begins telling them about the main base being attacked.

10. What does Ben find when he first reaches Blakely's office in chapter thirty-three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1) Did the crak'an create the effect that the author was going for in your opinion? Why or why not?

2) What 'monster' from literature did you feel was the best monster. Please explain your choice.

3) What is necessary for a writer to create a good monster for his work?

Essay Topic 3

1) Which of the scenes in the story caught your attention the most and stuck with you throughout the story? Why do you think this scene was the one that got your attention?

2) Do you think that blood or violence is a more attention grabbing in literature? Why?

3) How would this story have changed had there been no scenes of blood or violence or explanation of the carnage seen? Would it have diminished the story line? Explain.

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