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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. Which of the following does Akira’s family have in its go-bag?

2. In what hairstyle does Patience first appear in the novel?

3. With what does Akira entice her horse to put on blinders?

4. How many stories tall is Akira’s house?

5. For what channel does Martinez work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do polar bear traps work in the novel?

2. What prevented Lars from going back after Akira?

3. How does the novel describe the effect of blinders?

4. Why does Akira not argue with her father about climate change?

5. Why must Akira’s family flee their home on horse?

6. How does the novel define SNAP?

7. What, in the novel, is a “polar bear welcome mat” (2339)?

8. Per the novel, what is the eye of the hurricane?

9. How does the novel describe horses’ vision?

10. How does the novel define a firebreak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the losses sustained in the novel by Akira, George, Owen, and Natalie. Which of them loses most? What in the text shows as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Conversely, which of Akira, George, Owen, and Natalie gains the most? What in the text shows as much, and how does it do so?

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