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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 Charles want Titus to consider him, though he has said this before?

2. Who slips and falls into the sea when they happily greet Charles?

3. Charles tells Hartley that the _______________ of love has come to rescue them all.

4. Charles has come to believe that _________________ is entirely impossible

5. Fitch threatens to kill ____________ if he comes around the house again.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gilbert say to Charles when he arrives at Charles's home after the incident with Lizzie?

2. Why does Charles become frustrated when he sees Hartley and Titus reunited because of his actions?

3. Peregrine insults Charles by saying that he wouldn't have been as great as he was if not for what person?

4. Who does Charles believe is deceiving him, according to his diary entries?

5. What causes everyone in the house Charles owns to be in a bit of a daze for a few days?

6. Why did Peregrine attempt to kill Charles, as he states in his confession to Charles in this section?

7. What does Charles promise Titus he will do for him when he is staying at the house with him?

8. Why does Titus get out of the car on the way back from dropping Hartley off?

9. What does Hartley reveal she would have liked to have been home for instead of with Charles?

10. What does Charles do with the apartment that James has left to him in his will?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At times, one might say that James is much like Charles, providing a mirror of his own actions.

Part 1: How do you think James mirrors the actions of Charles?

Part 2: Why do you think James needs to be a part of Charles life and of his story?

Part 3: Do you think that James is a good person? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The relationship between Fitch and Hartley does not appear to be a happy one.

Part 1: Why do you think Fitch and Harley are married to each other?

Part 2: Do you think Hartley should leave Fitch? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think that this relationship is presented so poorly in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Within this story are a number of references to the sea and to its moods.

Part 1: Why do you think the author chose to use the sea to describe the mood of the story?

Part 2: Do you think another force of nature might have worked better for this story? Why or why not?

Part 3: How does the sea demonstrate the moods of the characters?

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