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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 Mary use to try and suffocate herself in Chapter 29?

2. Which of the following author's are not quoted in Chapter 35?

3. What is the international word for a ship in distress?

4. How many times has the narrator materialized since becoming a ghost?

5. Who is Leon Trout?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Quezeda feed his brain's thirst for self-esteem and alcohol?

2. Is Siegfried von Kleist successful at committing suicide in Chapter 38? Explain.

3. How does the narrator write this story?

4. Why is the Bahia considered to be a ghost ship in the opinion of humankind?

5. Why does Mary Hepburn like James Wait immediately?

6. Why are the Kanka-bono girls laughing at the Captain in Chapter 11? Why does the Captain think they are laughing?

7. What does the cancellation of "the Nature Cruise of the Century" mean to everyone in the bus in front of the Hotel El Dorado?

8. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?

9. After 10 years on the Island, how does the Captain change?

10. What is the launching of Reyes's missile compared to in Chapter 34?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Give a full and complete profile of James Wait. Identify his physical appearance, his mental, emotional, and personality characteristics, and detail his past history. Use direct references from the novel and cite your references.

Essay Topic 2

The narrator, Leon Trout, states that all the sorrows of humankind are caused by "the only true villain in my story: the oversized human brain." Do you agree with his statement? Explain by using specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Courting of a potential mate is easily seen between both animals and human beings. To what extent is animal courting similar to that of human courting? Use examples from the text to explain your answer.

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