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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. During the picnic, how is the game situation saved?

2. What does Clive feel is important in life?

3. Why does Mrs. Saunders go outside while the men are in the stables?

4. What does Clive suggest that Edward participate in?

5. When Clive and Harry join Edward and Joshua on the porch, what does Clive tell Harry about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mrs. Saunders narrowly escapes an attack by the natives. How does this situation make the others in Clive's family feel?

2. Martin leaves alone after the ritual. What does this tell the audience about his position in this group?

3. Why would Joshua be rude to Betty?

4. How does Clive describe the life he has?

5. Describe Lin's values in this scene.

6. What is Harry and Betty's relationship?

7. After learning his parents were killed in the village that was destroyed, Joshua says that Clive is both "his mother and his father." What does Joshua mean by this statement?

8. Why would Edward not want Clive to hear about the incident with the doll from Ellen?

9. What does Clive's "empire" symbolize?

10. Clive believes it is unsafe for anyone to leave the house. What does this tell the audience about the environment in which the characters live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although many of the conflicts are internalized within the characters, there are some external conflicts within the plot. What is one of the most crucial external conflict in Cloud 9? Why is this conflict so important?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Mrs. Saunders and Maud. How are they same? How are they different? Provide an event from the story in which they both reacted differently.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the role of women during the time in Africa with modern day London. How have the roles changed? What could have caused these changes? Are there any ways in which the roles of women have no changed at all?

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