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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 does Tuck find when he searches Beth's briefcase?

2. Whose name is on the dog tags that Tuck finds?

3. When Malink goes to visit Sarapul, what does Sarapul show Malink that he took from a Japanese soldier years earlier?

4. As Tuck leaves the bungalow the next morning to do what the ghost suggested, how many guards are trailing Tuck?

5. How many days at sea does it take for Tuck to run out of drinking coconuts?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Tuck realize that the fence surrounding the compound is electrified?

2. According to Beth, why has Jefferson been kept isolated in the clinic after being captured by the guards?

3. When Tuck asks Sebastian why Sebastian isn't going to watch Beth's show for the natives, how does Sebastian respond?

4. At the height of his boredom, what does Tuck find in his bathroom?

5. How do the Shark People respond when Tuck tries to convince them that the Curtises are bad people?

6. As Tuck is preparing to land his stolen 747, why do the collision alarm bells go off in the cockpit?

7. When the ghost appears in Tuck's bungalow, what does the ghost throw at Tuck?

8. When Roberto visits Kimi after Kimi has been shot, what does Roberto tell Kimi?

9. Why is Tuck intent on hitting the guards outside of his bungalow with spitballs?

10. At what point in his life had Tuck learned to be deadly accurate with a spitball?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several characters introduced in the story who do not survive until the end of the story. Identify at least three people killed as the novel progresses. Compare each of these deaths, being sure to indicate which character died, how the character died, who was responsible for the character's death, and what impact on the overall plot the character's death had. What could have or should have been learned from each of these deaths by the other characters?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Kimi and Sarapul.

a. How are the two characters similar in terms of their personal lives? How are they different?

b. How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?

c. Looking ahead, how might their interactions with Tucker Case impact each of these men as they move forward with their lives? Will they be similarly affected or not?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the story, there are several situations where Tuck is threatened.

a. Identify at least three instances where Tuck's life is in danger. Describe the situation and how Tuck survives.

b. Compare the dangerous situations in which others are attempting to harm or kill Tuck. What is the motivation in each of these situations harm Tuck?

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