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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. Where does David want Catherine to see a doctor?

2. What does David do with everything he has written on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?

3. What does Marita want David to do everyday in town?

4. With what does Catherine compare burning David's stories?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Davy think as the elephant dies?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anger is an emotion that emerges in a few very sensitive places in the plot. What are some of these instances, and how are the outcome of the plot and the characters involved in those scene affected by this anger?

Essay Topic 2

Marita and Catherine are similar characters in this book, and yet there are some marked differences. What are some of the differences and similarities in these two dynamic characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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