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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. Why does Louise not have many female friends?

2. Where does Caroline have to travel in Chapter 4?

3. From what country were the captured saboteurs?

4. What do most people call Louise?

5. What does Louise say she has delusions of in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of person does Louise say Caroline is after explaining her music lessons?

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

6. What does the narrator say about her mother in the first chapter?

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

8. What happens to the island in August?

9. What did the Captain want to do with Trudy's cats, and why did that not happen?

10. What does Louise do in addition to crabbing to earn some money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Louise endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Trudy Braxton is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Trudy had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in this book and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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