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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 was David's dog's name?

2. How long has David been writing in Chapter 17?

3. What is the name of the boy in David's short stories?

4. What does David suggest they all do when Catherine starts insulting his stories?

5. When does David wake up in the last chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do David and Marita do while alone in their cove after he finishes his first short story?

2. What does David do when he gets back from the beach with the girls after finishing the elephant story?

3. What does David think about while Madame makes him a meal while he is alone in the house?

4. What does Davy do on the hunt that makes his father proud of him?

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

6. What does Catherine say when David and Marita come home from celebrating the completion of the elephant story?

7. What does Madame tell David after his short stories have been destroyed?

8. What does Catherine say that makes David uncomfortable in Chapter 17?

9. What does Marita try to do for David after Catherine has destroyed his short stories?

10. Why does Catherine say she owns the African short stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between the three lovers change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Individuality and self expression are two things that are very important to some of the major characters in this book. What are some examples of this, and how do these instances alter the course of the plot?

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