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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 name of Cleopatra's personal doctor?

2. Where does Willie go to look for Waltham?

3. What does Cleopatra give Tully the night he joins her crew?

4. In the end, __________ remembers everything.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the novel get its title?

2. Why does Tully compare Cleopatra's burial to an Egyptian queen?

3. What kind of vision does Ix-Nay have while he is watching the sea turtle hatchlings with Consuelo?

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

5. Why does Cleopatra compare Tully to Odysseus?

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

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

8. Why do the people of Dalvalo worship pilots?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the motif of returning a sailor home used throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of nature used in A Salty Piece of Land, including crocodiles, fish, pelicans, and volcanos.

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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