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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. How has the funeral affected the Captain's mood in Chapter 5?

2. How does Mrs. Blackett manage her advanced age?

3. What does the narrator say about Mrs. Todd's way of talking about Captain Littlepage?

4. What does Captain Littlepage say about the townspeople?

5. Why does the narrator come to visit Maine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Elijah Tilley's character provides a number of surprises for the narrator. What are they?

2. Using all of the information given in the story, describe how the townspeople feel about Joanna.

3. Describe Mrs. Todd's personal characteristics.

4. How does the narrator feel about Mrs. Blackett?

5. What is the narrator's first impression of Captain Littlepage when he arrives at the schoolhouse?

6. Describe the narrator's reaction to Joanna's story.

7. How does narrator feel about Captain Littlepage's story?

8. Explain Mrs. Todd's perspective on what the others have said about Sant Bowden.

9. Describe Dunnet Landing.

10. How does Mrs. Todd characterize the man Joanna was going to marry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Drawing on what the reader learns from Mrs. Todd's conversation with the narrator in the pennyroyal patch on Green Island, describe the complexity of Mrs. Todd's relationship to her late husband.

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of Chapter 12, the narrator introduces Mrs. Fosdick with the following words: "Except for a few stray guests, islanders or from the inland country, to whom Mrs. Todd offered the hospitalities of a single meal, we were quite by ourselves all summer; and when there were signs of invasion, ... I suffered much from apprehension. ... but after all, ... it was impossible not to sympathize with Mrs. Todd, who, ... was really delighted with the prospect of entertaining an old friend." Describe the novels themes of solitude and isolation vs. the importance of community by expanding on what the narrator means by this quote.

Essay Topic 3

Dunnet is a seaside town surrounded by several islands. Discuss the various symbolic meanings of the islands mentioned in the book.

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