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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 does Shiela show Norman?
2. What happens after Lester fires Hippolyte?
3. What happens to the tarpaulin during the champagne party?
4. Who is with Governor Sanders when Norman enters the Gull Reef dining room following his nap?
5. What does Hippolyte do in ten days?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the guests seem to accept the free champagne party to make up for the water problems?
2. When Norman returns to the club after his visit with Miss Buckley, he realizes Esme is not at her post at the switchboard. Where is she?
3. What does Norman do after the crisis is over, Hippolyte is captured, Lester is unhurt, and Iris's dog is taken to the vet for the cut from Hippolyte's machete?
4. Why does the club suddenly have problems pumping water to the rooms?
5. What do Iris and Norman do the rest of the evening after dinner at Hogan's Fancy?
6. What happens that may ruin the Tilson party if not for Lester's authoritative presence?
7. What does Norman find when he goes to the Pink Cottage to see why Iris does not come to the champagne party?
8. What does Henny tell Norman that causes him to be worried about Iris?
9. What do Iris and Norman do instead of the picnic at Dingley Dell they have planned?
10. What happens between Lester and Hippolyte that upsets Norman?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why are the rain patterns on the island so unpredictable? How did the rain patterns over the Gull Reef Club impact on the story? If the rain patterns at the Gull Reef Club had been the same as they were for the rest of the island, how would that have changed the story? Give examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the beginning and ending of the story. What changes have taken place in Norman? What has remained the same? Give examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 3
The natural progression of a novel is a series of events and interactions between characters that helps to move the story from point A to point B, and on to the end of the novel. An example of this is that the water problem moves the story to the cistern problem, which then moves the story to needing someone to do the repair work. With that in mind, what purpose did the killing of Hassim serve in the book? Give examples from the text to support your responses.
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