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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 say she wants to study when she returns from Cannes?

2. How does David's writing flow in the last chapter?

3. How does Catherine get keys to David's workroom?

4. What does Marita think of the elephant story when she reads it?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Davy think as the elephant dies?

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

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

5. What does Catherine ask David to do after he writes the part about Davy on the hunt, and what is his response?

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

7. What does Catherine do when she reads the David's first short story?

8. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?

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

10. What makes it easier for David to write the African stories the second time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Courage and fear are two attributes that are seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how do the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in these scenes?

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

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?

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