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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cleopatra compares Tully's situation as he joins the crew of the Lucretia to whose?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Jesus.

2. What does Tully see as he arrives at the coast to meet up with Cleopatra in Chapter 35?
(a) Seagulls.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Crocodiles.
(d) Rainbow.

3. Who was Tully rescued from in the end?
(a) Fate.
(b) Himself.
(c) Thelma.
(d) Despair.

4. Who is Sophie's grandfather?
(a) Donald Diamond.
(b) Johnny Diamond.
(c) Ronald Diamond.
(d) Teddy Diamond.

5. Where is Sophie's boat from?
(a) Calais.
(b) Beaumont.
(c) Corsica.
(d) Le Bleu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people bring with them when they come to visit the Cayo Loco lighthouse?

2. What did Waltham and Parfait bring to Cleopatra's grave?

3. Who does Cleopatra leave the Lucretia to?

4. What was the name of Sophie's boat?

5. Willie Singer pretends to be ____________ while traveling the islands in the Pacific.

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of vision does Ix-Nay have while he is watching the sea turtle hatchlings with Consuelo?

2. Where did the novel get its title?

3. What becomes of the crew of the Lucretia?

4. Why does Tully compare Cleopatra's burial to an Egyptian queen?

5. How does Tully feel as Ix-Nay and Sammy Raye leave him behind to join the crew of the Lucretia?

6. What is Sophie Diamant's story?

7. Why do the people of Dalvalo worship pilots?

8. Why is Cayo Loco no longer a salty piece of land?

9. What did hearing a cigarette boat off of Cayo Loco remind Tully of?

10. According to Cleopatra, how had Miami changed in her lifetime?

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