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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. What is the name of Una's aunt?
(a) Susan.
(b) Libby.
(c) Agatha.
(d) Bertha.

2. How old is Una when Bertha and Ulysses visit Nantucket?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

3. What is the name of the town nearest to the lighthouse?
(a) Martha's Vineyard.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) Salem.
(d) New Bedford.

4. What is the name of Una's father?
(a) Ahab.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Kit.
(d) Jonathan.

5. How many hours a day do the tutoring sessions last?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many barrels of oil were taken from the whale in chapter 66?

2. Out on the open water, the captain orders Una to be on the lookout for which of the following?

3. Who tutors Chester?

4. Who is nicknamed "Little King Post?"

5. In chapter 48, the Sussex heads toward which country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens while Una is incapacitated with illness?

2. What happens to Una after the Sussex sinks?

3. Examine Una's connection with the lighthouse. How long did it take before Una fully explored the structure? Una often equated the lighthouse to freedom. Explain Una's feelings toward the lighthouse.

4. Discuss the conversation between Starbuck and Una.

5. Discuss Aunt Agatha's influence on Una regarding pacifism and women's rights.

6. Who are Kit and Giles? How do they meet Una? What brings them to Nantucket?

7. Discuss Una's relationships with Giles and Kit. How does Una feel about the men?

8. Una spends a great deal of time with Chester. Examine the friendship between Una and Chester. Also examine some of Una's activities on board the Sussex.

9. How are foreshadowing and flashback used in this first section?

10. Examine the scene in which Una becomes temporarily blinded.

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