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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 is Z-shock?

2. How did Todd Wainio lose his squad leader?

3. What was the purpose of Radio Free Earth?

4. What has Todd Wainio attempted to do by the end of the novel?

5. Why does Jesika Hendricks return to the wilderness park in Canada every year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the battle plan for "the road to New York," according to Todd Wainio.

2. Explain why the zombies make the perfect army, according to General D'Ambrosia.

3. What do Philip Adler and Jurgen Warmbrunn have in common in Chapter 8?

4. How does Kondo Tatsumi feel about Tomonaga Ijiro according to Chapter 8?

5. What will happen to Breckinridge Scott after the war?

6. How were dogs used during the war?

7. Explain how underwater zombies were dealt with during the war.

8. How do Philip Adler and Jurgen Warmbrunn feel now that the war is over?

9. Explain what happened in North Korea during the war. What does Hyungchol Choi speculate happened?

10. Why is Michael Choi so upset by the extinction of whales on Earth, as well as the deaths of most of the Earth's marine life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the two types of narrators? Give two examples of each kind of narrator, using evidence from the story to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the motif of "blame" in World War Z, including an explanation of what a motif is. Explain who is blamed for the war, why they are blamed, and by whom. Use specific examples from the story to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Identify the elements of a story arc. Identify the plot points in World War Z that correspond with the elements of a story arc.

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