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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 does Louise's grandmother feel about the water?

2. What family tradition does the narrator say she does not keep?

3. What is the narrator's name?

4. In what month does it get hard to breathe in Rass?

5. What makes it difficult to breathe during the summer in Rass?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Louise describe the mystery man at the ferry?

3. What does Caroline suggest they do for Trudy's cats?

4. What do Louise and Call call the strange man after their first visit with him, and why?

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

6. What clue about her future does the narrator give in the first chapter?

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

8. What does Louise feel guilty about after school lets out?

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

10. What happens to the island in August?

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

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the 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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