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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 Catherine do after she reads the short story?

2. What does Catherine call the elephant story when it is finished?

3. Why does Catherine say she owns the African stories?

4. What does David love most about writing his African stories?

5. What does David do with Marita once he stops writing on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to David as he writes his short story about Africa?

2. What does Catherine do while David and Marita are swimming alone in the cove after David's first short story has been completed?

3. What is different when David wakes up in the last chapter?

4. How does Davy feel when he is shown the skeleton of the female elephant?

5. What does David do at the beginning of Chapter 29?

6. What does Catherine do when she comes into the house in Chapter 20?

7. What do David and Marita talk about after David writes about the skeleton of the female elephant?

8. What does Catherine say about marriage after her trip to Nice with Marita?

9. What does Marita say she wants David to do every day after Catherine has gone for good?

10. What does David want to talk to his father about, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Catherine displays a very controlling nature in this book. How does her need for control affect the people around her, and why is this controlling nature so significant for the setting of this book?

Essay Topic 2

David's short stories have a huge impact on the plot and characters in this book. What is the subject of these short stories, and how do their inclusion in the text affect the course of the plot? How do the different main characters respond to these stories?

Essay Topic 3

Valor is a theme of this book that is very important to many of the characters involved. Where does this theme of valor present itself and how do these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes

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