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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator glad someone interrupts her at the beginning of Chapter 20?

2. What plant does Mrs. Todd mention that grows at the Bowden's?

3. What name do Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Fosdick use when referring to Joanna?

4. What happens to Mrs. Blackett upon arrival?

5. What occurs to the narrator as she is looking over the landscape on Shell-Heap Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the importance of company and companionship as demonstrated throughout the novel. Illustrate your point with concrete examples.

Essay Topic 2

On Green Island, the narrator reflects on the house, saying: "Here was the real home, the heart of the old house on Green Island!" Use this quote as well as other examples to explain the importance of their homes to the people of Dunnet.

Essay Topic 3

During her visit to Elijah's Tilley's home, the narrator says, "the old widower sat with his head bowed over his knitting, as if he were hastily shortening the very thread of time." How does this quote relate in general to Elijah and the novel's theme of impermanence?

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