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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 month is it in Chapter 10?

2. What type of pendant does Anna wear?

3. In Chapter 2, how many food boxes does Anna bring when she comes to the island?

4. In Chapter 12, how long has Kirsty been on the island?

5. How old are Violet's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the campsite area like that Anna is to supervise?

2. What are the accomodations like when Anna goes to Lost Cay with Tom?

3. How do Anna and Polly work together to tag turtles in Chapter 8?

4. Where does Anna go for breakfast on her birthday, and what does she have?

5. What scares Anna when she is diving with Tom in Chapter 9, and why is there no reason to be afraid?

6. How did having a New Year's party at Tom's become a ritual?

7. Why does Anna say there has been a mass exodus from the island in Chapter 10?

8. What does Kirsty name her baby, and what is he like?

9. What does Anna think about when she sits alone on the beach in Chapter 7 after the party?

10. What does Anna see at the end of Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Anna and Kirsty experience being pregnant and unmarried. How are the choices that Anna and Kirsty make different? What influences each of them to make the choices that they make?

Essay Topic 2

Fran’s husband is having an affair. What decision does Fran have to make? Why is neither choice a good solution to her problem?

Essay Topic 3

Morrie Spence has Huntington’s disease. What challenges does Morrie have because of Huntington’s disease? How does the way that he deals with the disease demonstrate how people can deal with a debilitating illness?

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