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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. How old is Mark in the flashback in Chapter 20?

2. Who has been imprisoned due to infection in Chapter 11?

3. How many people exit the aircraft that lands in the village in Chapter 3?

4. What is the largest city near the settlement where Mark lives in the beginning of the novel?

5. What is the leader of the cult in the woods lacking in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed through Teresa's thoughts about Thomas in the Prologue of The Kill Order?

2. How is the Berg described in Chapter 3? What happens when the Berg's ramp opens up?

3. What is described as Trina's favorite activity in Chapter 1? Where does Trina live?

4. Where do Mark and his friends take refuge from the destruction in the flashback in Chapter 20? Who accompanies him?

5. What is significant about the arrival of a Berg in the settlement in Chapter 3?

6. What does Deedee reveal about her past in Chapter 18?

7. Why do the tribal cult followers say they came to the woods in Chapter 24? What do they reveal about Deedee?

8. What information does Jed reveal to Mark and Alec in Chapter 25? What interrupts Jed?

9. Who kills the Toad in Chapter 16? Why?

10. How do Mark and Alec gain access to the interior of the Berg in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Mark and Alec's escape from the subway system in New York following the sun flares. Whom do they take with them as they escape? What causes the water to flood the underground tunnels? Where does Alec lead the group for safety?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Deedee in the novel. What makes Deedee stand apart from the other characters in The Kill Order? How old is Deedee? Where do Mark, Alec, Trina, and Lana discover the child?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Mark as the main protagonist in The Kill Order. Where is Mark when his character is first introduced? What does the narrator reveal about Mark's past and his meeting with Alec in the course of the story? What has happened to Mark's family?

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