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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. How does Marita describe the short story when she first reads it?

2. Where does David want Catherine to see a doctor?

3. What does David call he and Marita on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?

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

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

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 Davy do on the hunt that makes his father proud of him?

3. What happens when Davy, his father, and Juma finally catch sight of the elephant?

4. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?

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

6. What is the subject of David's second short story?

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

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

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

10. What does Catherine say about the long manuscript in Chapter 23?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens at the Cove, and what significance does this have on the plot? Who is involved in these scenes, and what do these events symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 3

There are many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols, and how do their presence alter the course of the plot?

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