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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 the second hotel the Foxes stay in?
(a) The Carissa.
(b) The Solandra.
(c) The Gardenia.
(d) The Jasmine.

2. What is Gurney Spellgood's occupation?
(a) Missionary.
(b) Writer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Priest.

3. What seeds does Allie buy because they remind him of his hometown?
(a) Sunflower.
(b) Violet.
(c) Morning glory.
(d) Rose.

4. Who asks Allie what ice is good for?
(a) Leon Maywit.
(b) Mrs. Kennywick.
(c) Mrs. Maywit.
(d) Drainy.

5. How much does a pineapple cost at the store?
(a) Three dollars.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Fifty cents.
(d) Two dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Worm Tub do?

2. What is wabool?

3. What is the name of the town where the Fox family lives?

4. What does mother fashion into a shirt for Mr. Haddy?

5. What item does Jerry want to look at while shopping?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlie tell his mother he is afraid of?

2. Describe what Charlie sees when the family first arrives in Honduras.

3. How does Allie show the Honduran natives that they shouldn't be afraid of his ice plant?

4. According to Allie, how does he come to work for Polski?

5. How does Charlie find out where his family is headed on the Unicorn?

6. How does Allie react when Charlie refers to the migrant workers' home as the Monkey House?

7. Why is Allie highly critical of the migrant workers for leaving the jungle?

8. Why does Allie make a giant iceberg?

9. How does Captain Smalls describe life in Honduras to Charlie?

10. Why does Allie refuse to build the ice plant for Polski?

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