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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 the name of the father figure in the African stories?

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

3. In what room is David when he wakes up in the last chapter?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David do after Catherine has destroyed his short stories?

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

3. What does Davy think as the elephant dies?

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

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

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

7. What does Catherine say to David about his clippings when they are on the beach, and what has she done with them?

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

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

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

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

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 3

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?

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