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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. In Chapter 3, what color carpet is on the floor of the trailer where Lice Peeking and Shelly live?

2. What is the name of Lice Peeking's girlfriend?

3. In Chapter 3, how large is the engine in Paine's boneish skiff?

4. In Chapter 7, how many speeding tickets does Noah say that his mother has received in her lifetime?

5. What type of dogs did the Carmichael family have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Paine lose his captain's license?

2. How does Noah describe Jasper Muleman Jr.?

3. In Chapter 3, why does Shelly say that the world is so messed up?

4. What did Donna's parents do for a living when they lived in Florida?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Shelly say about Lice's disappearance?

6. In Chapter 1, what jobs does Noah say that his father has had?

7. In Chapter 5, what does Noah tell Lice Peeking he has to do in order to get the boat?

8. In Chapter 6, how are things different at the jail when Noah goes to visit his dad?

9. In Chapter 2, why is Noah glad that it is summertime?

10. Where was Noah born?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paine punches several doors when he learns Dusty’s sentence for polluting the bay. How does the way he loses his temper in that instance reflect a more mature handling of his anger, and how does losing his temper that time actually benefit him?

Essay Topic 2

Paine stands up for the things that he believes in. What are some causes that Paine stands for and how does standing up for these causes affect his life for good and for bad?

Essay Topic 3

Shelly leaves Dusty, a man with money, to live with Lice Peeking, a man with very little worldly possessions. What type of person is Shelly and what do her relationships reveal about her?

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