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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 feel when she presents her idea of not celebrating?

2. What does Louise think after asking Call for something during the summer?

3. Who comes up with the right plan about the cats?

4. In what season does Chapter 1 start out?

5. What does Louise call the strange man after they meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Call and Louise do together to make money?

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

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

6. What does Call start doing without Louise during the summer?

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

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

9. What happens to the island in August?

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

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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

Security and safety are two themes that are touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the characters in these scenes?

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