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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strong emotion is felt by Kit and Una regarding their survival?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Joy.
(c) Relief.
(d) Melancholy.

2. Una and Giles talk about climbing the ____.
(a) Rigging.
(b) Jig.
(c) Topsail.
(d) Mast.

3. Which is not an ingredient in the punch?
(a) Lemon.
(b) Rice wine.
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) Molasses.

4. Una talks about training which type of bird?
(a) Sea gull.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Egret.

5. Which of the following proposes to Una?
(a) Kit.
(b) Harry.
(c) Giles.
(d) Clifford.

Short Answer Questions

1. Una becomes acquainted with which member of the crew?

2. Who is nicknamed "Little King Post?"

3. Giles applies to which school?

4. Who lays out nice things in Una's cabin?

5. Stubb jokes about a church dedicated to which animal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Examine the scene in which Una becomes temporarily blinded.

2. Discuss the conversation between Starbuck and Una.

3. What happens while Una is incapacitated with illness?

4. Una begins to think about the return to Nantucket. What are some of the things Una thinks about regarding her future on the island?

5. How are foreshadowing and flashback used in this first section?

6. Who does Una marry? What is famous about Una's husband?

7. Discuss Una's relationships with Giles and Kit. How does Una feel about the men?

8. Una and Giles talk about climbing the topsail and feeling like birds out over the ocean. What happens to Giles the next day? What happens to Kit?

9. Who are Kit and Giles? How do they meet Una? What brings them to Nantucket?

10. Una spends a great deal of time with Chester. Examine the friendship between Una and Chester. Also examine some of Una's activities on board the Sussex.

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