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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 flowers do Akira and Sue pass?

2. How old is Owen when the novel starts?

3. In what month do the novel’s events in the Sierra Nevada occur?

4. Per the novel, what is the scientific name for polar bears?

5. On which of the following does Owen spend money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Akira not risk staying in the pool at Nova’s house?

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

3. What belief about Nanuq does George ascribe to his grandmother?

4. Why do Elena and Natalie consider Beatriz family?

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

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

7. Why does Akira wear clothes she does not mind getting wet while riding?

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

9. Why do Natalie and Elena not evacuate Miami?

10. How does the novel define a red flag warning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At several points, the novel confronts its characters with corpses inside cars. What purpose does the specific imagery serve, what in the novel attests to that purpose, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Two Degrees. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Two Degrees? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

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