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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. How long have Charlie and Pippa been together?

2. How many words does Charlie learn before he discovers that the Indian has been teaching him the wrong meanings of the words?

3. What year was it when Colonel Fergusson was dying?

4. How many passengers were on board the St. Louis?

5. Who wrote, "We must love one another or die"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the way the couple sleeps in "Parenthesis"?

2. Where was Arghuri and why did Amanda wish to go there?

3. What does the eighteen-year-old expect when he takes a job as a prep-school master?

4. How did the Armenian priest defend himself when Amanda doubted that the amulet he offered to sell was from the ark?

5. How were the survivors on the raft finally rescued?

6. Who finally agreed to take passengers from the St. Louis?

7. How is the woman's sleep sometimes broken and how does this affect the man in "Parenthesis"?

8. Describe the expedition to Senegal.

9. Why do Charlie and the crew have to hike into the jungle?

10. What did Amanda say about the practice of placing teeth in a crevice of the door of a church?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story about the Ark told in Chapter 1 is quite different from traditional stories told about the Ark. Compare and contrast the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark and the story told in Chapter 1.

Essay Topic 2

A painting by Theodore Gericault is reprinted and discussed in "Shipwreck." Discuss Gericault's painting and compare the history of the painting to the information about the painting told in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Wars of Religion," a court case is presented to a judge where church parishioners file a complaint against woodworms. Discuss the complaint and the evidence against the woodworms. Was there enough evidence to convict the woodworms?

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