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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 a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the Earth's magnetic poles?
2. What refers to a waist-high case or stand on the deck of a ship, generally mounted in front of the helmsman, in which navigational instruments are placed for easy and quick reference?
3. 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?
4. In Chapter 4 of "The Binnacle Boy," Miss Frye recalls how her adopted son had become involved with whose son and the other boys in the town?
5. Who protests when Miss Bunch asks Tekoa to tell them what is being said to the statue in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What news does Tekoa relate to Miss Frye upon her arrival in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
2. How does Tekoa feel about her role as "translator" in "The Binnacle Boy"?
3. What is the principle objective of the three visitors in "The Binnacle Boy"?
4. How is the statue described in "The Binnacle Boy"? Where is it placed in Chapter 2?
5. Why do the visitors in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy" say they have come?
6. What inner conflicts does Tekoa struggle with in "The Binnacle Boy"? What does Sarah?
7. What aspects of the climax in "The Binnacle Boy" seem unrealistic? Why?
8. What is anticipated in the beginning of Chapter 1 in "The Binnacle Boy"?
9. What does Ethan represent to Miss Frye symbolically in "The Binnacle Boy"?
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
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 2
Describe and discuss examples of metaphor and simile in Chapter 1 of "Saint Crispin's Follower." How does the author describe the weather vane in the story?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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