The Water Is Wide Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapters 1 and 2

1. Where did Pat Conroy visit Dr. Henry Piedmont?

Beaufort, South Carolina.

2. Where does Pat Conroy request to teach?

Yamacraw Island.

3. In Chapter One, Pat Conroy had not yet heard back from what organization?

The Peace Corp.

4. Why does the superintendent think Pat Conroy came to him?

Jesus.

5. What modern convenience does Yamacraw lack?

Telephone service.

6. Pat Conroy doubts Yamacraw knows of what?

The Emancipation Proclamation.

7. What food item from Yamacraw is famous?

Oysters.

8. What caused migration away from Yamacraw?

A factory's pollutants.

9. How many people left Yamacraw in the migration?

300.

10. What age group did Pat Conroy first teach?

High school.

11. Who confronted Pat Conroy on the day Martin Luther was buried?

Lily Smalls.

12. Pat Conroy lost his job coaching basketball over what suspicion?

Favor for "the coloreds."

13. Who suggested Pat...
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