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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 name does Parker call Dick?

2. Who is the main character of SPARTINA?

3. What does Parker tell Dick to bring along on the trip to dump their crab catch?

4. What does Elsie tell Dick while they are in the blue canoe?

5. Why can't Joxer buy any crabs at the moment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Dick's internal conflict and how it relates to Parker's influence.

2. What are the two viable options for funding for Dick's boat at this point?

3. What is Dick's internal conflict about working for others to get the funds necessary to finish his boat?

4. How does Dick know that Elsie had been in the patrol boat the night before when he and Parker were trying to complete the drug deal?

5. Compare and contrast Dick and Elsie's positions regarding legal activities.

6. What are the differences between how May and Elsie view Dick's boat project?

7. How can Elsie be noted as the heroine of Chapter 10 and who would be the antithesis of that?

8. What is revealed about Dick's personality in Chapter 2 when he and his sons dig for illegal clams in the bird sanctuary?

9. How does the author show the vulnerable side of Elsie's normally strong personality?

10. How does the author show that May is probably aware of Dick's affair with Elsie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Dick, May, Elsie and Parker. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Neptune. What is its role in the community? Is it typical of establishments in small towns in America?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Dick. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?

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