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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. How do the neighbors refer to G's day of celebration in order to console him?
2. What magical words is Bob supposed to say just before a large wave touches his toes?
3. Who encourages Bambi to get married?
4. Whom do Mr. Foster and the overseer's brother ask for an opinion about Mr. Slime?
5. What makes the drinking water give G. a belly ache?
Short Essay Questions
1. There are people known as "poor whites" on the island. What is their lot in life?
2. G. sees things in the night that disturb him. What does he see?
3. What does Ma do when she thinks she hears Pa snoring loudly one night?
4. When Bob tells G. that he wants to take different routes to the sea, he tells him not to run so that they can decide which route is really the quickest. When G. hesitates and then runs after Bob, what does their ultimate interaction represent?
5. The shoemaker read a book by J.B. Priestly that he has never forgotten. What is the main point the shoemaker took away from that book?
6. What is the relationship like between the villagers and the overseer?
7. What is the fate of the overseer, according to Pa?
8. What sets the shoemaker apart from the other villagers?
9. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. decide to come forward and receive salvation in the open-air meeting?
10. In what way have the villagers lost control of their lives in Chapter 9 when the men surround their homes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A fisherman in Chapter 6 keeps trying to secure his net in the sand, but the large waves continually loosen up the net.
Who do you think the fisherman symbolizes?
What do the large waves symbolize?
Why is the fisherman so angry and frustrated in the end?
Essay Topic 2
The overseer tries to disrupt the open-air meeting to "arrest" the boys in Chapter 7.
Who does the overseer really represent?
Why does the author have the boys "saved" by the preacher?
Consider the role of religion in the village when you form you answers.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the overseers and the villagers. Include actions and beliefs of both groups.
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