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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. Where does Messinger want to go?

2. How does Mrs. Rattery try to distract Tony while waiting for Jock and Brenda?

3. What is wrong with Tony?

4. Who nurses Tony back to health?

5. To what sound does Tony awaken?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has John Beaver fared through the saga of Tony and Brenda's failed marriage?

2. How does Tony finally take some of his own personal power back and take charge of his destiny?

3. What is the symbolic significance of the first book that Tony reads?

4. How long is it before Tony and Messinger are able to talk to the men of the village about what they want?

5. How does Reggie present the situation about Brenda to Tony?

6. What seems to be contrasted in this chapter?

7. What is Tony's position in Brenda's social circle by the end of this chapter?

8. What happens after Brenda has written Tony and telling him about John Beaver?

9. How is it that Tony seems to be the "bad" guy in a number of ways?

10. How does Tony manage to survive in the jungle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a lot of foreshadowing throughout this story. Discuss the following:

1. How is Brenda's affair with John Beaver foreshadowed? Give examples.

2. How is John Andrew's death foreshadowed? Give examples.

3. Do you think Tony becoming lost in the jungle "forever" is foreshadowed? Why or why not? Give examples.

4. Do you think the author's use of foreshadowing is effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Often the people hurt the most in a situation like that of Tony and Brenda's is a child. John Andrew plays a pivotal role in the melodrama of Brenda's descent into selfishness. Discuss the following:

1. Compare the relationship between John Andrew and each of his parents.

2. How does the relationship between John Andrew and his parents (individually) change over the course of the story?

3. How does John Andrew tip the scales in Brenda's decision to reveal all to Tony? Do you think she is genuinely grieved about her son's death or glad for an opportunity for "total freedom"?

Essay Topic 3

In , Chapter 3, "Hard Cheese on Tony , Part 1," Tony encounters Jock at the Brat's Club. At first Jock feels a little awkward with Tony, since everyone knows about Brenda's affair with John Beaver. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think it is wrong of Jock to know something so important to Tony's life and not tell him? Why or why not?

2. Where are there other examples in the text when Brenda's affair is being discussed? Give examples and analyze the motives of the characters and morality of the situation.

3. Do you think Brenda not saying anything sooner is motivated out of compassion or greed? Give specific examples.

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