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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 is Guillermo Reyes's rocket compared to in Chapter 34?

2. When does Selena find out that her father has passed away on the Bahia?

3. After the Bahia is raided, what is the Captain still in possession of?

4. Who speaks to Leon above the stern of the Bahia?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Prince Richard murdered? Who kills him?

2. Does Leon Trout obey the Father's request for him to go into the blue tunnel? Explain.

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

4. What is the irony behind the marriage of Mary Kaplan and Willard Flemming in Book 2: Chapter 4?

5. Why does Siegfried von Kleist dance in Chapter 37?

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

7. How does the narrator write this story?

8. Why does Mary Hepburn like James Wait immediately?

9. According to the narrator, are there anymore left handed people in the world? Explain.

10. How many times has the narrator seen the blue tunnel in to the Afterlife? Where has he seen it appear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the blue-footed boobies in the novel symbolic? Why do you think the author puts such an emphasis on the blue-footed boobies? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Natural selection is defined as the process by which inheritable traits make it more likely for an organism to survive and successfully reproduce. Make a case for or against natural selection. Use specific reasons and examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss sensuality, sexuality, and fertility as it pertains to the novel. Be sure to give at least one example of each from the novel.

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