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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 Kay do to Amy in Chapter 3?

2. What does Eve do because she is afraid of Jack being around all the water after the storm?

3. Where are James and his friends going after they leave the delta?

4. Who is Jen's younger brother?

5. What kind of skull does Evie and her friends find in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the teenagers and parents know Alycia has survived the storm on the yacht?

2. Why is David feeling so guilty about sabotaging the yacht in Chapter 3?

3. What impresses, grudgingly, Evie about Alycia in Part I?

4. Why does Shel handcuff himself to the treehouse?

5. What does Burl think is particularly dangerous that they all see around the great house in the days after the storm?

6. Why does Evie not participate in driving the tick-ridden deer from the yard?

7. Why do the teenagers run away with Burl?

8. Why are Jack and Shel capturing animals in Chapter 3?

9. How does Evie feel about her younger brother Jack?

10. How does the parents' behavior grow worse in the aftermath of the storm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Terry's overture to the soldiers and the Governor reveal about the teenagers' skills, independence, and/or frame of reference? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Red's broken leg seems to have been miraculously healed by the owner of the farm, and the owner also seems to have other omniscient, if almost supernatural, abilities. What do you think Millet is trying to communicate to the reader through the character of the owner? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Which characters in the novel are the most forgiving of others in their lives, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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