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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. Whose footsteps did Miss Frye's natural sons follow in "The Binnacle Boy"?

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

3. What refers to a magical spell, usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse?

4. After several months, the statue in "The Binnacle Boy" becomes a place for what?

5. Miss Frye had refused to let her adopted son be subjected to the church or what when growing up in "The Binnacle Boy"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Tekoa feel about her role as "translator" in "The Binnacle Boy"?

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

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

7. What is anticipated in the beginning of Chapter 1 in "The Binnacle Boy"?

8. Who is Tekoa Peel? What is her role in "The Binnacle Boy"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and identify symbolism and metaphor in "The Binnacle Boy." What does the Binnacle Boy statue in the story represent?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Juliana in "Saint Crispin's Follower." How does Nicholas know Juliana?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Mr. Quince in "Saint Crispin's Follower" with Miss Frye from "The Binnacle Boy." What do these characters have in common? How do they differ?

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