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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 is the first kind of fish Tully catches when he is training to be a guide?

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

3. Where does Dawn go to college?

4. What was playing on the car radio as Tully made his escape from the bounty hunters?

5. Where is Bucky Norman from in Wyoming?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Buffet illustrate the generational difference between Tully and Dawn?

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

4. What challenge does Cleopatra give to Tully before she will take him back to Punta Margarita?

5. What is the unusual motif for the party that Tully attends with Dawn?

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

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

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

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

10. What does the reappearance of the Lucretia off the coast of San Pedro make Tully start thinking about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From the names of characters and places to outlandish events, how is A Salty Piece of Land a parody in some ways?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the circular structure of the novel. How does the structure of the novel mirror Tully's own journey?

Essay Topic 3

How is foreshadowing used in nearly every chapter of the novel? Is this literary device overused by Buffet? Why or why not?

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