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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. Who is Tekoa's sister in "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. What holiday is approaching in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

3. How many sailors were removed from the ship in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

4. In Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy," Miss Frye recalls what her mother had said: "Girls take after their mother, Evangeline. Men take after" what?

5. Miss Frye's mother's assertion of men in "The Binnacle Boy" was that they "are a stench in" what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What aspects of the climax in "The Binnacle Boy" seem unrealistic? Why?

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

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

5. How is the character of Ethan described in "The Binnacle Boy"?

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

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

8. What ceremony is described in the opening of Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Nicholas in "Saint Crispin's Follower", and then discuss the similarities in storyline between this tale and "Pinocchio." How do the themes of the stories relate?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the townspeople whom Nicholas encounters in Chapter 2 of "Saint Crispin's Follower." How large does the city of Charleston appear based on the text?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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