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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 used to try and toughen Ahab's bleeding stump?

2. What is the name of Una's neighbor?

3. What item did Bertha make for Una's baby?

4. Una asks the family to allow ___ to live with them.

5. Who how old is Una's baby when it dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What great tragedies befall Una in chapter ninety-one? Who is on hand to help Una?

2. What happens to Ahab during his time away from Una?

3. What news does Una receive regarding a mishap at sea? What happens to Ahab?

4. What causes Una to turn to the stars? What is one of Una's dreams?

5. What is Una's reaction upon being married to Ahab?

6. Who is Elijah? What news does he deliver to Justice? What happens to Elijah?

7. Discuss the scene in which Ahab returns home.

8. How do Una and Justice spend their time while Ahab is at sea? What is Justice's fear?

9. What suggestion does Mary Starbuck make to Una? What is Una's response? What is Una's next step?

10. Who is Captain Mayhew? Why does he visit Una? What offer does Mayhew make to Una?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Una married twice during the course of the story. When it was learned that Judge Lord wanted to marry Una, she realized that she was content being unmarried. Later Una met Ishmael and the pair lived together and had a child. Discuss in detail Una's multiple and somewhat complicated relationships. Was it common for a person to go from one marriage to the next? What might have happened if Kit had returned from out West? Do you think Una would have taken him back? Do you think Kit and Charlotte got married? Why do you think Una and Ishmael never married?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship between Bertha and Ulysses. Are they close? Is there anything unusual about their relationship? How might the situation with Una affect the relationship? Why do you think Una and Ulysses cannot come to terms regarding religion? What extreme measures does Ulysses take to try to convince Una that his way is the only way? What is the final straw that causes Una to leave Kentucky? What is Bertha's opinion? How does Una's move affect the relationship between Bertha and Ulysses? How does the move affect the relationship between Una and Bertha.

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is used in many places throughout the book. Cite at least three examples of foreshadowing, their purpose and effectiveness. Where else might foreshadowing work in the story?

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