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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 kind of gun did Cleopatra have aboard the Lucretia?

2. Ix-Nay tells Tully that there is ___________ on the road of life.

3. What did the bounty hunters use to subdue Tully in San Pedro?

4. Sammy Raye is going to look into the ___________ situation for Tully.

5. In the end, __________ remembers everything.

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Tully's concerns about Mr. Twain taken care of?

2. How does Tully react when he sees Waldo Stilton in San Pedro?

3. How do the Stilton brothers capture Tully in San Pedro?

4. How did Cleopatra prepare for her own burial?

5. Why is Cayo Loco no longer a salty piece of land?

6. According to Cleopatra, how had Miami changed in her lifetime?

7. How does Tully feel as he waits to hear news of Cleopatra in the hospital waiting room?

8. Why did Dawn agree to help Thelma Barston capture Tully?

9. What was Tully having mixed feelings about after being rescued by Archie and his other friends?

10. Why does Captain Kirk tell Tully to put on his sailing shoes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of journeys and transitions in the novel.

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