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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 does Jones say Myrtle is circling around like?

2. Whose relationship do Potter and Jones talk about the next day?

3. Who does Jones keep a photograph of?

4. Who does Myrtle wish kept a photograph of her?

5. What does the photographer urge his subjects to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George die?

2. How do the group members keep their minds away from the hardships they witness and experience in Varna?

3. Explain the author's use of foreshadowing in the discussion about survival between Potter and Jones.

4. How does Potter suffer in this chapter?

5. How does Potter ruin the dinner with the captains?

6. Describe Dr. Potter's hallucination.

7. How does Myrtle react to Jones' sexual advances?

8. In what way is Myrtle's character strengthened in the fourth chapter?

9. What is Dr. Potter's opinion of Pompey Jones?

10. Why does Jones think that an angel is watching over Potter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Myrtle's life:

1. George

2. Mrs. Hardy

3. Beatrice

4. Pompey Jones

Essay Topic 2

Pick two characters from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting.

2. Point of view.

3. Structure.

4. Language.

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