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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. Whose voice does Tully hear on the wind blowing through the tree house?

2. Archie Mercer opened ___________ a few blocks from Disney World.

3. How much was stolen from Tully's pocket while he slept on the beach at Tulum?

4. Who is Donna Kay marrying?

5. Where is Tully heading when his jeep falls into a large pothole?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Cleopatra Highbourne.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the weather phenomena seen throughout the novel and the themes weather is used to illuminate.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the chapter titles are not just clever or humorous, but serve a bigger purpose in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of truth and discovery of the truth as a theme. What is ironic about this theme in a novel full of people and events who push the realms of reality?

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