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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 treasure does Willie Singer show Tully in chapter 3?

2. What kind of company does Archie Mercer run in Belize?

3. What is the name of the woman who turns Tex Sex into a star?

4. What is the name of Donna Kay's restaurant?

5. Tully and Ix-Nay go to Belize to buy ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the wind starts blowing through the tree house in Chapter 9?

2. What surprising thing does Cleopatra do after Tully successfully guides the dinghy through the Mayan cut?

3. What does Donna Kay tell Tully in the tree house?

4. What does Ix-Nay mean when he tells Tully that there is a rabbit in the moon when they are in Belize?

5. How do Bucky Norman and Kirk Patterson meet each other?

6. What is the little argument Tully has with himself after meeting Dawn and her friend?

7. What does Ix-Nay tell Tully about the fishing spot called Quiet Time?

8. How was Tully inadvertently a matchmaker for Donna Kay and Clark?

9. What are some of the things that happen on the trip to Belize that reminds Tully of his favorite movie, The Man Who Would Be King?

10. What was the unusual business that Archie Mercer had in Orlando?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the following: Lister's conch, boats, and islands.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of second chances used throughout the novel with several different characters.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolic significance of the Fresnel lens. What are the allegorical and thematic implications of Willie Singer being the one to bring it to Tully?

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