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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Captain Wallace's son leave the island?
(a) He was ashamed.
(b) He and his father had a fight.
(c) He hated the water.
(d) His wife died.

2. What branch of the military did Mr. Rice join?
(a) Navy.
(b) Army.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Marines.

3. How long has the narrator's family lived on Rass Island?
(a) Two hundred-fifty years.
(b) Two hundred years.
(c) One hundred-fifty years.
(d) One hundred years.

4. What does the Captain do while Trudy is in the hospital?
(a) Looks through old pictures.
(b) Visits her daily.
(c) Cleans her house.
(d) Writes her letters.

5. What does Louise say the women of the island are not meant to love the way she does?
(a) The water.
(b) The men.
(c) The island.
(d) The crabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Louise saving her money for?

2. What does water represent to the families on Rass Island?

3. What do most people call Louise?

4. What does Louise say her grandmother's life has consisted of?

5. How much of the island does the narrator's settlement take up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louise's father treat his daughter's differently?

2. What does the Captain do to reveal his identity?

3. Why does Call not laugh at most jokes?

4. What does Call start doing without Louise during the summer?

5. What secret did Trudy's father keep from the other islanders?

6. What surprises Louise when she and Call have lunch with the strange man?

7. Who does Louise think the strange man is?

8. What do Call and Louise find when they return a cat to Auntie Braxton?

9. What does Louise say she is walking by as she walks down the streets of Rass?

10. What does the narrator describe in the first chapter?

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