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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 is the patron saint of those besieged by lightning?

3. Where does Dawn go to college?

4. The resort in San Pedro is ground zero for what?

5. In The Man Who Would Be King, where do the two soldiers go?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Dr. Destin Walker?

3. How is the singer Tex Sex involved with the Lost Boys Fishing Lodge?

4. Who are the Stilton twins?

5. Why does Tully ask Willie Singer to help him find the Fresnel lens?

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

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

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

9. What is the story of Grandma Ghost?

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 thematic importance of each of the following characters: Cleopatra Highbourne, Dawn Barston, and Bucky Norman.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of lights and lighthouses to the plot and themes of A Salty Piece of Land?

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