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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. Who is Grace?
(a) Henrik's mother.
(b) Phillip's teacher.
(c) Phillip's sister.
(d) Phillip's mother.
2. When the refinery shuts down, what are the Allies unable to get from the island?
(a) Fuel.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.
3. How many passengers board the ship with Phillip and his mother to leave the island?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 56.
4. At the beginning of the book, what is the name of the town where Phillip and his family live?
(a) Madison.
(b) Alberta.
(c) Willemstad.
(d) Fort Curacao.
5. What is Phillip's father's name?
(a) Phillip Enright, Sr.
(b) Walter Van Boven.
(c) Phillip Thomas.
(d) Joseph Smith
Short Answer Questions
1. What appeal does Phillip make to his mother when she says she wants to leave the island?
2. In Chapter 6, why does Timothy yell at Phillip?
3. What happens to the lifeboat Phillip and his mother get into as it is lowered into the water?
4. In Chapter 6, what does Timothy tell Phillip a man can do in these waters?
5. Why does the army officer tell Phillip and Henrik to leave the bridge?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is unusual about Grace's reaction when the S.S. Hato is torpedoed?
2. What does Timothy say the island he spots looks like?
3. Who are the occupants of the raft Phillip wakes up on after the S.S. Hato sinks?
4. As the novel opens, why is young Phillip excited?
5. In Chapter 5, what does Phillip think he is glad he got to see before going blind?
6. Why does Timothy order Phillip to crawl around the raft, not walk?
7. In Chapter 6, what happens that causes Phillip to fall off the raft into the water?
8. Why does Phillip accuse Timothy of being stingy when they are on the raft?
9. Why does Grace say she doesn't like living in Curacao?
10. Why does Phillip, Sr. say that Grace and Phillip should not leave Curacao?
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