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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 is the Lucretia headed after taking Tully home?

2. What does Tully choke on one night at dinner with Donna Kay?

3. Who meets Ix-Nay and Tully at the San Pedro airport?

4. Who did Tully Mars want to be like when he grew up?

5. What is the name of the spirit world that Ix-Nay visits?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the two pieces of art that Tully takes with him on his trip aboard the Caribbean Soul?

3. Why was the Hallicraft S-40B so important to Tully?

4. Why does Willie Singer have such a hard time leaving Hawaii?

5. What does Tully have to give Hector as a bribe to get access to the lighthouse in Tulum?

6. Describe Cleopatra Highbourne.

7. Who is Dr. Destin Walker?

8. What is the connection between Tully and Donna Kay Dunbar?

9. How did Cleopatra meet the great love of her life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Buffet weaves literary works and movie references into the novel to help illuminate themes. Use specific examples.

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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