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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 is Marguerite's guardian related to her father?

2. How old is Marguerite when she meets Roberval for a third time?

3. What food are Marguerite and Damienne given when they arrive at La Rochelle?

4. What does Claire give Marguerite before she leaves to meet Roberval?

5. What game do the navigator and secretary play after meals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marguerite spend her days and nights on board the Anne?

2. In Chapter 8, how do Roberval and his guests describe the lands they have traveled to?

3. What do the sailors talk about?

4. How is Nicholas injured?

5. How do conditions improve at La Rochelle when the secretary is in residence?

6. What happens when the ships encounter whales?

7. Who is Marguerite's guardian?

8. What does Marguerite share about her parents and herself?

9. What does Roberval's home look like?

10. In Chapter 9, what does Marguerite hear from the street?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Isola? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Marguerite?

Essay Topic 2

Life is very different for men and women in medieval times. How are the roles of men and women different in 16th-century France? Are women like Marguerite able to control their lives and how they live?

Essay Topic 3

Marguerite and Auguste obey Roberval, but not with their hearts and minds. What is communicated about obedience versus duty in the way they obey Roberval and follow his commands?

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