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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 were Miss Frye's natural sons aboard when they went down in a storm in "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. What time is it in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy" when Miss Frye realizes her maid is late?

3. What perennial, herbaceous flowering plant of the aster family is also called Mugwort?

4. Where is the brig arriving from in the beginning of "The Binnacle Boy"?

5. How old is Tekoa in "The Binnacle Boy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tekoa's role in "The Binnacle Boy" evolve in Chapters 3 and 4?

2. Why do the visitors in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy" say they have come?

3. How does Miss Frye feel about the death of Sarah in "The Binnacle Boy"? What is ironic in the end of the story?

4. Describe Miss Frye in "The Binnacle Boy." What is her demeanor?

5. What is the principle objective of the three visitors in "The Binnacle Boy"?

6. What information does Tekoa reveal to the women in "The Binnacle Boy"?

7. In what way does the Binnacle Boy evolve into a graven image?

8. Who appears at Miss Frye's house in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

9. What inner conflicts does Tekoa struggle with in "The Binnacle Boy"? What does Sarah?

10. What time of year is it in the beginning of "The Binnacle Boy"? How is this revealed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and analyze examples of imagery and foreshadowing in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy." What about the garden represents foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting, narrative voice and narrative tense of "The Binnacle Boy." What indications in the text are there to illustrate the time period in which the story is set?

Essay Topic 3

Define and analyze "theme" in "The Binnacle Boy." How is the theme of sexism apparent in Miss Frye's character?

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