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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 old is Call in Chapter 1?

2. How old is Louise when she is writing in hopes to earn money?

3. What color is the cat that appears at the Captain's house?

4. How much does Caroline have to pay for her music lessons?

5. What is the first name of the owner of the cat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Louise and Call do every day after school lets out for the summer?

2. How does Louise feel after asking her question during the Christmas program rehearsal?

3. What happens to the island in August?

4. How does Louise's relationship with Call and the Captain start to change, and why?

5. What does Caroline do after the Christmas Program?

6. Why does Caroline have to go to the mainland in Chapter 4?

7. What does the Captain do that makes Louise feel more comfortable around him?

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

9. What did Louise's father do before becoming a waterman?

10. What happened that shamed Hiram Wallace to the point that he left the island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the different stages of Call's relationship with Caroline, and how do these stages affect Louise and the progression of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Comic relief is a literary tool used well by Paterson in this book. What are some of the key examples of this, and how did these scenes affect the plot of the book?

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