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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As which of the following does Natale reimagine snakes in her fantasyland?
(a) Dragons.
(b) Demons.
(c) Dinosaurs.
(d) Serpents.

2. In what month do the novel’s events in the Sierra Nevada occur?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) November.

3. Which of the following notices that the passengers of the car that hit Akira’s group need assistance?
(a) Sue.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Akira.
(d) Lars.

4. What is the name of Akira’s*horse?
(a) Jake.
(b) Dodger.
(c) Angel.
(d) Elwood.

5. In what year did the Great Miami Hurricane occur?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following prays aboard the boat in the Florida storm?

2. Which of the following does Natalie try to use to right herself amid the storm waters?

3. In what year did Hurricane Joan occur?

4. Which of the following is part of the tack on Akira’s horse?

5. On which of the following does Owen note a classmate of his was attacked by a bear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Natalie and the Evanses escape the Evans home?

2. What hope does Sue have with her swimming?

3. What variation on a cliché does Akira think of at Nova’s house (1639)?

4. What does George do to relieve Owen after they escape the momma bear?

5. In what order do those on the boat in the Florida storm debark?

6. Why does Lars note “A little fire is good for a forest” (107)?

7. How does Natalie liken herself to the manatee she encounters in the storm?

8. What leads Akira to her assessment of Sue’s injury?

9. Why, per the novel, does Churchill see so many polar bears?

10. What leads Natalie to reason the hurricane is playing with her?

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