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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. How many times does Louise return to Rass?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Five times.

2. What does Louise's grandmother say Louise is in danger of while the Captain stays at the house?
(a) Cloisters.
(b) Maturation.
(c) Hell-fire.
(d) Rejection.

3. What game does the Captain teach Caroline and Louise?
(a) Poker.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Gin.
(d) Chess.

4. What strange object did the storm dig up?
(a) Tackle box.
(b) Time capsule.
(c) Anchor.
(d) Coffin.

5. How many families left Rass after the storm in September?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louise realize about herself after the storm?

2. What was completely destroyed in the storm?

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

4. Whom does Caroline think the Captain should marry?

5. What does Louise buy and then hide from Caroline?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the Captain marry, and why?

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

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

4. What does Louise's grandmother say after they find out what the Captain chooses to do with Trudy's money?

5. How does Louise feel about herself after the lotion incident, and what is appealing to her about this?

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

7. What does the Captain do to try to calm Louise's grandmother during the storm, and how does she respond?

8. What does Louise name her first child, and why?

9. How does Grandmother react after the news of Hiroshima?

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

(see the answer keys)

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