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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 does Louise not attend Call's wedding?
(a) She did not have enough money.
(b) She was not invited.
(c) She has to care for her grandmother.
(d) She is jealous.

2. What does Caroline do during the storm?
(a) Makes coffee.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Prays.
(d) Reads.

3. What survived the storm, but had its wild spirit broken?
(a) A tabby cat.
(b) A badger.
(c) The orange tomcat.
(d) A seagull.

4. What was completely destroyed in the storm?
(a) Louise's skiff.
(b) The ferry.
(c) The Wallace house.
(d) The dock.

5. What does Louise realize about herself after the storm?
(a) She is attracted to the Captain.
(b) She loves the island.
(c) She enjoyed the suspense of the storm.
(d) She hates the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Caroline give up vocal lessons?

2. How much money does Louise have saved from her crabbing?

3. How do the watermen know a storm is coming?

4. What does the Captain teach Louise when she refuses to go to school?

5. How many families left Rass after the storm in September?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Captain say to Louise at Christmas?

2. What does Louise decide to do in an effort to change her luck?

3. What does Louise do when she realizes that the older twin she caught at the end of the book is being ignored?

4. What does Louise learn has happened after the storm is over?

5. How does Louise feel when she begins working for her father?

6. What does Call tell Louise and the Captain when he comes home from the war?

7. What occasions does Louise return to Rass Island for?

8. What does Louise say about the boredom she feels at school?

9. Why does Louise's grandmother dislike the Captain?

10. What does the Captain choose to do with Trudy's money after her death?

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