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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 Lawrence's daughter feed him?

2. When was James Bartley swallowed by a whale?

3. What type of fruit grew in orchards around the Monastery of Saint James?

4. How old was James Bartley when he was swallowed by a whale?

5. How many soldiers were on the frigate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What effects did James Bartley suffer from being swallowed by a whale?

3. What is the storyline based upon of the movie Charlie is acting in?

4. How would science explain the halo of cloud that appears around Mount Ararat?

5. What does Charlie learn about the words one of the Indians has been teaching him?

6. What were the thoughts of the fifteen who remained on the raft when they saw a butterfly?

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

8. When a violent storm blew up while Jonah was traveling by ship, how did the mariners decide that Jonah was the cause of the storm?

9. What does the the narrator wish to celebrate instead of 1492 and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Survivor," someone is using fabulation. Using examples from the book, take a position and argue whether Katherine is using fabulation or the doctor is using fabulation.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 10, several different images of heaven are portrayed in a dream. Compare and contrast the different views of heaven.

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 8 is told through letters Charlie writes to his girlfriend. The objective of this lesson is to discuss Charlie's relationship with Pippa.

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