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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 kind of bread does McGrath offer Ducane?

2. Where does Ducane go while Judy gets dressed?

3. What does Ducane say he will open a bottle of?

4. What picture do Paula and Richard sit in front of?

5. Who is the first to appear from the cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jessica find out about Ducane at the end of chapter 27?

2. Why does Judy say she married McGrath?

3. How does Kate react to Jessica's letter?

4. Why does Binally say he tampered with Radeechy's body?

5. Why does Ducane resign from his job?

6. How have Kate's feelings for Ducane changed?

7. What did Radeecy write in his suicide note?

8. What does Jessica think about when she looks into the long mirror?

9. Why do Octavian and Kate decide to forgive Ducane?

10. How has Ducane's attitude towards Biranne changed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine what expresses about 1960s society:

1) The estate.

2) Ducane's womanizing .

3) The occult.

Essay Topic 3

1. Your parent or guardian has been given an opportunity to transfer to a job in Alaska. The transfer would neither help nor hurt his career, and all moving costs would be paid by the company.

2. Think about how your family's lives would change if you were to move to Alaska.

3. Now write to persuade your parent or guardian to take or to turn down the transfer to Alaska.

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